Clippers, Packets & Men O' War

by Roy Cross, Derek Gardner, John Groves

This collection of breathtaking paintings by five world-class marine artists -- in oversize, full-color gallery-quality reproductions -- features such immortals as the Bounty, the Pinta, and the Nina. Enjoy the views the clipper Southern Cross saw on leaving Colonial Boston Harbor; an 1870 New York Yacht Club race; and many more scenes unforgettable to lovers of art and sailing alike.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published February 18, 2013

About the author

Roy Cross RSMA GAvA learned his craft at the Camberwell School of Art and as a technical illustrator for training manuals at Fairey Aviation during World War Two. Over the next 30 years he progressed from line illustration via colour artwork to top-class advertising art and posters for the aircraft industry and other companies including Airfix for whom he produced many hundred of artworks to decorate model kit boxes over a ten year period.
He also illustrated for The Aeroplane and the Eagle comic.