Flying Cloud (1851) — American extreme clipper — HD Print / Poster

A classical maritime oil painting of the American extreme clipper Flying Cloud (1851) under sail. Rendered with rich impasto brushwork and a natural earthy palette, printed on heavyweight archival giclée stock.

Printed on demand through a global network of manufacturing partners in the USA, Australia, Ireland, the UK, Europe, Canada and the rest of the world — produced close to you and shipped directly to your door. Prompt: The American extreme clipper Flying Cloud of 1851, record-holder for the New York to San Francisco passage. A three-masted full-rigged clipper heeling hard under an enormous spread of studding sails, knife-thin bow with a long bowsprit, black hull with a fine gold sheer line, driving through a heavy quartering sea.