John R Christian - Maritime Art
John R Christian
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Sunset over Palermo
complete April 8 2022
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HMS Foudroyant 80 and HMS Queen Charlotte 100 in close company arriving at Palermo, January 1800

Sold by ArtMarine September 2022
 at my ArtMarine Gallery

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A Levanter Coming
completed November 25, 2021

HMS Victory
 and squadron set off from Gibraltar on the great Atlantic Chase, 6th May 1805.

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Sold by ArtMarine September 2022
at my ArtMarine Gallery

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The Bombardment of Algiers 1816
 (by permission)
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Commissioned by Dr Sumantra Maitra ECR - Royal Historical Society.
SOLD to US March 2022

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Honouring Superb
Completed 29th October 2021
HMS Superb was built in 1798 and was the fastest "Ship of the Line" at the time, after 7 years and overdue for a re-fit she sailed to Portsmouth with HMS Victory and Lord Nelson in August 1805
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SOLD BY ArtMarine 
March 2022

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​​Deo Volente BM143 Stowing the Gear
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​Stowing the gear is getting the trawl on board.  With beam trawlers, if not too rough, laying beam on the sea can assist, it's a matter of timing the drop with the roll.  Deo Volente was a beam trawler working out of Brixham here in the 1970's.

SOLD to The Netherlands
​December 2021

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Deo Volente Shooting the Trawl
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SOLD  to The Netherlands 
December 2021

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Fast Falls the Eventide
completed Thursday 20th August 2020
Foudroyant in Torbay 1790's, Berry head in the background - this would be before Henry Francis Lyte wrote "Abide with Me" in 1847 at the Berry Head Vicarage, Brixham, built originally in 1803 as a support hospital for the forts above, the bells of All Saint's Church in Brixham play the tune every evening at 8pm in his memory, the tune is called Eventide by William Henry Monk written 1861.


SOLD at ArtMarine 
​December 2021

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"Beagle off Galapagos"

HMS Beagle 2nd voyage, 
After re-fit in Plymouth Beagle set sail for 2nd voyage in December 1832, pictured here during that voyage, 
​Galapagos to the south and what is now known as 'Darwin's Arch' and 'Darwin's Island' to the north,

SOLD at ArtMarine
September 2021

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Opening up Mount Pellegrino 
Completed 9th November 2020

Inspired by:  In November 1799, With Lord Nelson remaining ashore and after weathering a storm in Palermo harbour HMS Foudroyant departed once more for Gozo this time with HMS Culloden in company.
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SOLD at ArtMarine 
July 2021



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"HMS Victory Squaring the Yards"
completed November 30th 2020


No particular occasion just a study of HMS Victory

The term "Squaring the Yards" was the learning behind this painting, a term of nautical origin from C18.

It meant that the yards, the spars that carried the sails, were to be set at right angles to the keel line from bow to stern, a state that was known as "square by the lifts and braces" if the spars were set horizontal. (The lifts and braces were part of the running rigging; the lifts raised and lowered the yards and the braces turned them). At sea, "squaring the yards" meant that the ship sailed directly downwind. 
After anchoring, "square the yards" was an instruction to make the ship tidy and ready for sailing again.

​SOLD at ArtMarine 
July 2021



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Frigate "HMS Amphion"
completed 6th March 2020
​Heading cross channel with Lord Nelson following on HMS victory, on May 21st May, 1803 - Victory was under orders to meet up with Cornwallis off Brest, but after 24 hours of searching failed to find him. Nelson, anxious to reach the Mediterranean without delay, decided to transfer to HMS "Amphion" off Ushant.

20" X 18"  mounted
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Off the Island of Espiritu Santo 1774 - Vanuatu
completed 11th June 2020
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"HMS Resolution" had beautiful Stern for the period, reclining Greek male and female flanked by 2 lions. A voyage of discovery.
Based on journal of captain Cook aboard HMS Resolution with HMS Adventure - second voyage
Thursday 25th August 1774
After doubling the Cape we found the Coast trend away to the South and to form a very large and deep bay of which the land above mentioned was its western boundaries. Every thing conspired to make us believe this was the Bay of St Philip and St James discovered by Quiros in 1606. To determine this point it was necessary to search it to the very bottom for at this time we could see no end to it,

Water colour 22" X 18" mounted and framed
SOLD at ArtMarine 

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Nelson's first Voyage aboard HMS VictoryIn 1803

Lord Nelson was appointed Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, of which he received official notice on the 16th of May. On the 18th he left London very early, and arriving about noon at Portsmouth, hoisted his flag on board the Victory, Captain S. Sutton, Captain George Murray first Captain ; and sailed on the 20th, in company with the Amphion, Captain T. M. Hardy...
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“A Fortuitous Meeting”
complete October 13th 2020

​Inspired by this account:  On August 25th 1793 Captain Horatio Nelson, on HMS Agamemnon, was sent to Turin and Naples to inform British ministers of Vice Admiral Hood’s reliance on Spain and Sardinia to hold Toulon.  Along the way he fell in with HMS Tartar and learned Hood needed troops as a republican army was approaching Toulon, fresh from the sack of Marseilles.  Nelson’s charm, determination and professionalism helped him to obtain Neapolitan troops under the recent alliance: with Sir William Hamilton’s support he secured 4000 men before Hood’s official request reached Naples.
 
Picture Size 15 ½” X 11 ½”
20” X 16” Mounted
23” X 19” Framed
 
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HMS Unicorn taking Komeet
completed December 15th 2019
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Insired by:
On 28 August 1795, Unicorn parted company with the rest of the squadron and after a chase of 13 hours captured the Dutch brig Komeet (or Comet), which was under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Mynheer Claris. Comet was only four years old, in excellent condition, and armed with 18 English 9-pounder guns. She was sailing from the Cape of Good Hope to the Texel and was provisioned with water and food for 110 men for a nine-month cruise.[7] The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Comeet.


22" X 18" mounted 
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Victory and Euryalus 1805-
​THIS PICTURE WAS SELECTED BY THE RSMA AND SOLD AT THEIR MALL GALLERIES EXHIBTION OCTOBER 2020

completed 21st march 2020
September 15th Nelson weighed anchor on board HMS Victory from Portsmouth with the frigate HMS Euryalus in company heading for Trafalgar, this is from Nelson's private diary/log dated 17th Sept 1805

Tuesday Sept 17th fresh Breezes WSW at 9 abreast of Plymouth. sent in Euryalus to call out the Ajax and Thunderer all night standingto the westward Wind from the SW to SSW, Wednesday Sept 18th, light breezes and heavy western swell, wind south 

SOLD by RSMA at Mall Galleries 

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