"Nelson's Bright Yellow"

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This abstract painting started life with an order from Nelson to the dockyard at Malta for bright yellow paint. Next, back in the early 1990's when Frickers started a project for HMS Victory he pointed out the bright chrome yellow used on her hull was wrong. Disbelief was followed by consternation when he said chrome yellow was not in use until about 1818.

Many years later Peter Goodwin Keeper and Curator of Victory found a letter from Nelson for bright yellow including the mix ratio. Peter asked Frickers to run some test. This painting is one. "Nelson at Gibraltar" is the first painting since living memory to be sure to show correctly "Nelson's Bright Yellow".

Credit where it is due: Special thanks to Peter Goodwin, Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory, author and excellent researcher. I doubt anyone alive or dead knows more about the Georgian Navy and HMS Victory in particular.

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Further Reading: useful facts + excellent stories about "Nelson's Bright Yellow".

By Gordon Frickers 280 x 406 mm (11" x 16"), Oils, Price of the original £400.00

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