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Steam frigate Hellas - 1861 Metal Print
by Panagiotis Mastrantonis
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Steam frigate Hellas - 1861 metal print by Panagiotis Mastrantonis. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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Steam frigates, also known as screw frigates were hybrid steam-powered warships with sails.
Hellas was built in England between 1859 - 1861... more
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Steam frigates, also known as screw frigates were hybrid steam-powered warships with sails.
"Hellas" was built in England between 1859 - 1861 and initially was named "Amalia" in honor of the wife of the first king of the newly independent Greek state Othon.
It was used almost immediately used to suppress the revolts of Nafplio and Kythnos which aimed to overthrow the king, and was renamed to "Hellas" once the royal couple was exiled in 1862.
A year later it carried the new king (George the first) to Greece and it was also the same ship upon which the last commissioner of the Ionian islands - which had been protectorate of Great Britain since 1815 - handed over the flag, marking their unification with the state of Greece.
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About Panagiotis Mastrantonis
His love and admiration for the craftsmanship and form of the sailing-ships of the past, coupled with the adventurous & somewhat magical atmosphere of the "age of sail" is what fuels the intriguing work of Panagiotis Mastrantonis. Born in 1940 in Piraeus, Greece and with family roots from the islands of Hydra and Ios, the sea and maritime scenery seems to have had a lasting underlying influence on his creative psyche. After studying freehand drawing at the Art School of George and Eleni Vakalo and architectural drawing at the Athens Technological Institute, he worked as a professional architectural modeler until 1995. Since then he engaged exclusively in drawing his sailing ship portraits, using a unique mixed technique of freehand...
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