Print of Robert Taylor Bismarck Painting.

Having an interest in Castle Archdale and her 1941-45 residents I have been looking this particular print by Robert Taylor for a quite while , getting one at a reasonable price being important.

This one is signed by four of the surviving crew all of whom have now passed away.

Having only seen "jpegs" of the print it is a little larger than another of his which I have and I think I will just take it in and get it framed up ASAP.















The attached cert. gives some info on the crew who signed the print.

 

Very, very nice that Jim.

It would be nice to see a pic when you have it framed and up on the wall.

 

That is a very nice print

 

Changed the jpegs natural light works a bit better , had been looking for this one for about two years and got it for a very reasonable price.

 

Beautiful print. The sea looks fantastic. No better artist.

 

Lovely print, wish I could paint like that.

 

Excellent print James, thanks for the pics.

Regards
Peter

 

James,

You are a lucky man indeed. The print is a wonderful renditionand full of detail.

It will look very nice on any wall!

Regards
Tom

 

Tom I will have to talk very nicely to Marie .
Must admit very pleased to have finally got this one 82/85 of artist proofs.

 

Thats a fine picture with one hell of a story behind it. Did not relise the Bismarck spotted the Cat and fired at her. I wonder what the Bismarck decision makers felt when it got away ?. Did they know this was the beginning of the end for them ?

 

Superb print, excellent detailing thanks for posting the pics.

Hope it sits well once framed in pride of place.

 

Picked this up on Tuesday, turned out not so bad.

Savo
Thats a fine picture with one hell of a story behind it. Did not relise the Bismarck spotted the Cat and fired at her. I wonder what the Bismarck decision makers felt when it got away ?. Did they know this was the beginning of the end for them ?


They did not know that the Home Fleet was steaming or had been steaming away from them for a time and Lutjens had refused to believe that they had given Tovey the slip.
The appearance of the Catalina over them with still 400 odd miles to go , still outside effective air cover it could not have been so very comforting.
Within an hour a second Catalina from 240 Squadron (also Lough Erne based) and aircraft from Ark Royal had showed up to keep Bismarck company.
When they found carrier based aircraft shadowing them the fuel situation, the sailing from Norway on less than full tanks, by passing of tankers in Arctic waters , the reduced speed (22knots) "not being out of the woods yet" and praying for darkness to fall quickly ....if they could make it into the night the next dawn would have seen them under the wings of the Luftwaffe.



Twinning it to this one , smaller in size showing the two German ships in the Denmark Strait, Prinz Eugen shown in the lead off Bismarck's bow

 

James,

Picked this up on Tuesday, turned out not so bad. :smile:

What a marvellous understatement.

A very nice Christmas present.

Regards
Tom

 

What a nice frame that print looks great

regards

Keith

 

To "twin" with the Bismarck print, "Against all odds".
Ideally I would have loved the aviation interest to be a Coastal Command Sunderland.
Signed by Ex. U Boat men along with a crew member from Deutschland / Lutzow.

Reminds me of the shooting down of a 422 Sunderland by U-921 in May 44, the depiction is so similar.

 

James,

Another great addition.

It's a good job that Marie is a very understanding Lady.

Regards to you both.
Tom

 

Lovely print.

 

Will just add these on here, I obtained the BoB Spit. print from a friend in the USA who was downsizing and moving home owing to ill health, the print had been in storage for several years and had not been framed.
Misunderstanding getting it framed led to normal glass being used will have to get that replaced.

Space will not be endless so having another 6-7 to deal with rotation depending on humour will probably take place.







Alex Henshaw was one of the four signatures ,S/ldrs.Neville Duke & John Stapleton and Wg.Cmdr.John Freeborn being the others.



This last one shows Starkey Ward shooting down a Mirage over West Falkland, first saw this a long time back but no funds to spare at that time, bought second hand this one was less than the cost of a decent hardback.

The last print print which I have currently being framed up is by Nicholas Trudigan , I bought it privately from a gent in Cambridgeshire who was selling some on eBay, the print is rather special as it has some major UBoat signatures (6 Knights Cross holders) one of whom is Erich Topp and 4 Luftwaffe KC holders .

Erich Topp - (U-Boat Captain) KC / Swords
Helmut Witte - (U-Boat Captain) KC
Gerhard Bielig - (U-Boat leading engineer) KC
Horst von Schroeter - (U-Boat Captain) KC
Alfred Eick - (U-Boat Captain) KC
Jürgen Oesten - (U-Boat Captain) KC
Hajo Herrmann - (bomber pilot) KC / Swords
Heinrich Südel - (bomber pilot) KC
Erich Taeger - (bomber pilot) KC
Kurt Dahlmann - (bomber pilot) KC / Oakleaves



Can't help but think of the poor lad from SS Nerissa buried in an old neglected graveyard over looking Donegal Bay, Erich Topp sank Nerissa West of Rockall a link to local history here.


Tom , yes you are right Marie is a very understanding lady, really one in a million

 

James
Becoming a very good collection of fine art combined with interesting themes and stories.
just wish my wife was as understanding

 

All of these will be confined to one room although I was more than surprised when M asked me to place two Kgm items in our bedroom to be honest I think it was the black frames and black and white content against a deep red paint that worked so well.
If I can get three -four up I will be more than happy, for me this is an adaptation phase of life.