{"product_id":"il-gran-carlo-nave-reale-dinghilterra","title":"The Gran Carlo, Royal Ship of England","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the top of the mainmast, in the centre, flies the standard of the King of England, and beside the English lions are the lilies of France.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn English royal ship flying the King's standard, among griffins, fish and crabs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn a study or a child's room, the rigging can be followed line by line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for anyone who builds model sailing ships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1340, in Ghent, Edward III proclaimed himself King of France and quartered the French lilies with the lions of England in his arms. English kings kept title and lilies even after losing Calais, their last possession on the Continent, in 1558; Henry VIII, so the story goes, called it a title “good for nothing”. Only George III dropped them, in 1801, more than four and a half centuries later. The harp of Ireland, on the same standard, had entered the royal arms in 1603, when James VI of Scotland also inherited the crowns of England and Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the ship plates from Vincenzo Coronelli's \u003cem\u003eAtlante Veneto\u003c\/em\u003e, introduced by the cartouche at top left: “Nave reale d'Inghilterra nominata il Gran Carlo”, the royal ship of England named the Great Charles. Around the ship Coronelli set up a small baroque stage: a griffin with open wings, a coat of arms held up by a muzzled bear, frames full of fish and crabs, and on the left a castle on a rock. The cartouche on the right reads that the plate is “described in his Atlante Veneto by Father Cosmographer Coronelli, and dedicated”; the space for the name was left empty. The copy, dated 1693, is in the David Rumsey Map Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who builds model ships or loves English history, it belongs in a study or a teenager's bedroom, with every line of rigging to follow one by one. And at the top of the mainmast, the King of England still calls himself King of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55584729006421,"sku":"MY3IVBKI6S127","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/il-gran-carlo-nave-reale-dinghilterra-principale.jpg?v=1793361245","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/gran-carlo-royal-ship-of-england-coronelli-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}