Dramatic
Pirate and Buccaneer art prints. Maritime artist Chris Collingwood's
love of pirate history and eye for detail have combined to produce a
trilogy of buccaneer paintings of the great pirates of the 18th Century.
Pirates include, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Captain Charles Vain,
Bartholomew Roberts also known as Black Bart
Damnation Seize My Soul by Chris
Collingwood Blackbeard the Terrible,
otherwise known as Edward Teach, Thatch or Drummond. Circa 1718.
Anne Bonney, Mary Reid and Calico Jack
Rackam by Chris Collingwood "None among
Rackams crew 'Were more resolute or ready to board or undertake anything
that was hazardous'". Quote taken from Captain C. Johnson's book. A
General History of the Robberies and murders of the Most Notorious
Pirates. (1724)
Captain Henry Long Ben Avery by Chris
Collingwood. Avery and his vessel the
Fancy being a ship of 46 guns and 150 men set sail in 1695 bound for
Madagascar. On the way the fancy caught up with and captured the
Ganj-i-Sawai, owned by the Great Mogul himself. Its name means Exceeding
Treasure and the treasure it yielded surpassed anything yet seen in the
history of piracy. Long Ben became the pirates pirate.
