Pickle Archives - Gordon Frickers Marine Art

Portsmouth, HMS Victory and Pickle

27 April 20215 December 2009 by Gordon Frickers

Just back from an awesome visit to Portsmouth brought about by one of my “icon” marine paintings, “I have urgent dispatches” http://www.frickers.co.uk/marine-art/urgent_dispatches.html, WOT! you don’t have a copy in your collection yet? and it is going to be shown on TV? ~ available exclusively from this site as a limited signed edition.

Yesterday morning I joined Tom Cunliffe and the Forum Film team boarding HMS Victory at 07.30 to film part of an episode of “The boats that built Britain“, and was pinching myself by 08.00 in the Admiral’s great cabin wondering if this was really happening…

useful facts + excellent stories about H.M. Schooner "Pickle", carrying the news of the Battle of Trafalgar

18 January 201622 November 2006 by Gordon Frickers

H.M. Schooner "Pickle", carrying the news of the Battle of Trafalgar

“I have Urgent Dispatches”

A brief History of H M Schooner Pickle (Dec 1800 to 27 July 1808) – a ‘clever, fast schooner, coppered’.

News from The Art of Gordon Frickers, May 2007 © 2007

13 September 20141 May 2007 by Gordon Frickers

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“I have urgent dispatches” picture in a new book; “I am a maritime historian and have been contracted to write a huge-format (about the size of an atlas) illustrated book on fighting ships 1750-1850. I am keen to include contemporary art and I am a great admirer of your image of the Pickle coming back after Trafalgar”.

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The Boats That Built Britain (Special Edition)

31 August 20147 January 2011 by Gordon Frickers

For all of you who were interested in the creation of this wonderful and successful BBC documentary series by Tom Cunliffe and Form Films – thank you!

For those who are unfamiliar with Nelson and HMS Victory here is a pop up photo Gordon took a couple of years ago of HMS Victory.

Here is the whole series in case you want to watch it again and again available as a DVD on Amazon price £19.99.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boats-That-Built-Britain-Special/dp/B004BS0OFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1290438094&sr=8-1

"HMS Pickle approaching the Lizard"

17 April 2012 by Gordon Frickers

Anne M wrote: Thanks for your news and the pictures, they are very all good. I particularly like :–

“Pickle approaching the Lizard “

Do you intend to produce both? (Yes we willproduce at least one, Heritage quality on canvas, price inc courier from £157.00 – you can oder from this web site page http://www.frickers.co.uk/blog/making-a-payment/ )

HM Schooner Pickle, cousin Jack to cousin Jack

27 December 2011 by Gordon Frickers

The schooner Pickle, famed for racing the Trafalgar dispatches to England; I am working on a new painting of the schooner Pickle as she passed Mounts Bay Cornwall in light early morning airs.

Pickle is reputed to have spoken with fishing luggers who raced the news to the port of Mousehole where allegedly the Trafalgar news was first announced. I’m going to try and contact some of the Cornish lugger people.

HMS Pickle, a Leading Seaman wrote to me today.

26 October 2011 by Gordon Frickers

He has in Royal Navy speak been tasked to conduct a presentation on HMS Pickle as part of a command leadership programme to be given to senior officers.

My connection with HMS Pickle goes back a long way and includes a lengthy commission for HMS Victory which resulted in some great pictures (several available as heritage prints from page
http://www.frickers.co.uk/prints.html

Nelson's Pickle, first news of a new painting due soon

3 March 2011 by Gordon Frickers

Following a recent order for a large copy of the picture HMS Pickle carrying the news of Trafalgar including a remarque I wrote the following to describe the remaque and reveal a little known but interesting piece of history.

http://frickers.co.uk/marine-art/urgent_dispatches.html

The picture in question is “I have urgent dispatches“.

A model of HMS Pickle?

15 January 2011 by Gordon Frickers

We are some times asked if a model of the ubiquitous HMS Pickle is available?

While recently speaking by phone with a client ordering a copy of our beautiful Heritage print October Evening the subject of ship models came up.

Subsequently and our thanks to this person, we have discovered a source of Pickle models!

HM Schooner of war Pickle

12 January 2011 by Gordon Frickers

“I have Urgent Dispatches” is a hit in New York !

A record number of “I Have Urgent Dispatches” were sold at excellent prices to benefit the Royal Naval Museum.
Thank You Gordon, for creating such a wonderful piece..