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Military Prints by historical artist
David Rowlands by Cranston Fine Arts the military print company.
David Rowlands has had a
passion for sketching British soldiers and their equipment ever since he
was a boy. After completing his studies at Manchester University in 1977,
he joined the staff of the Reading Room at the National Army Museum,
working full-time as a professional artist. Keenly interested in the
history of British campaigns, uniforms and tactics, he has painted many
historical battle scenes with great attention to accuracy and detail. This
has resulted in widespread recognition of his work with the result that he
has been commissioned to record the activities of many Regiments in the
present day. These commissions have taken him frequently to Northern
Ireland, as well as Germany, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Gibraltar. In 1991
David Rowlands was the only artist invited by the Army to visit the Gulf.
Attached to a Warrior crew of 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers, he observed the work of the various Arms at first hand,
enabling him to complete many accurate paintings for Regiments and Corps
engaged in the conflict. Early in 1993 he was the first war artist to
visit Bosnia and record the British troops in Operation GRAPPLE 1. Invited
by Headquarters National Support Element, he travelled extensively on
convoys and sketched the operations from Split to Vitez and Travnik.
Several paintings have been commissioned by the participating units,
including one of 7 Armoured Workshop REME at Gornji Vakul. Over the past
ten years David has been sent regularly to Iraq and Afghanistan for
projects involving many of the British and Nato forces. He has probably
spent as much time overseas gathering information for these projects as he
has spent in the UK. He is certainly one of the major military artists of
the past 20 years. Many of these fine paintings are now available as
signed edtion art prints and canvases.
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The Battle of Imjin, Crash Action by David Rowlands.
On 25th April 1951, Lieutenant John Mole, in command of the remaining section of the Royal Ulster Rifles 3 inch mortars, dismounted in the open and replied with rapid mortar fire on to the slopes from which a hail of machine-gun fire swept the valley floor. The surviving tanks of C Squadron the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars kept up a heavy fire on the Chinese formations swarming down the valley slopes.
Signed edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £65.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM1055
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The 20th Foot at the Battle of Inkerman, 5th November 1854 by David Rowlands.
The battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War, British and French victory over the Russian Empire.
Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
Signed edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £20.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE VAR0356
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The 33rd (Duke of Wellingtons) Regiment storming the Great Redoubt at the Battle of Alma, 20th September 1854 by David Rowlands.
Signed edition print. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £65.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM0546
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The Battle of Culloden, 16th April 1746 by David Rowlands.
The Kings Regiment opens a deadly flanking fire on the Highlanders of the Atholl Brigade.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £70.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £590.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £50.00
ITEM CODE DHM0330
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2nd Battalion Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle by David Rowlands.
The installation of the Governor of Edinburgh Castle, receiving the Keys of the Castle by the Quarter Master 2nd Battalion. Summer 1991.
Signed edition prints. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £70.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £115.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM0613
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Royal Air Force Germany by David Rowlands.
The Disbandment Parade, Rheindahlen, 20th April 1993.
Signed limited edition print. Image size 23.5 inches x 14.5 inches (60cm x 37cm). Price £
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23.5 inches x 14.5 inches (60cm x 37cm). Price £
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM1337
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2nd Battalion, Reme by David Rowlands.
Operation Agricola, Kosovo, February - September 1999.
Signed edition print. Image size 23.5 inches x 14.5 inches (60cm x 37cm). Price £65.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23.5 inches x 14.5 inches (60cm x 37cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM1308
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Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands.
Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during the battle of the Hook.
Unsigned edition. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £30.00
Signed edition. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £40.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
**Signed edition. (3 copies reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £30.00
ITEM CODE DHM0614
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The Ceremony of the Keys, HM Tower of London by David Rowlands.
Depicting the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales at the ceremony of the keys.
Signed special edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £65.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £90.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM1069
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The Royal Marines Landing at San Carlos by David Rowlands.
21 May 1982: In the early hours of darkness on 21st May, 1982 eleven ships, led by Fearless and Intrepid, sailed towards Falkland Sound, the channel between East and West Falklands, and into San Carlos Water. A Force 8 gale had been blowing for days; low cloud and heavy rain kept enemy aircraft at bay. But as the task force sailed into San Carlos Water and the landing craft put out from their mother ships, the sea was dead calm beneath a clear, cold sky twinkling with stars. The Royal Navy's 4.5-in. guns opened up on the Argentinian troops on Fanning Head. 40 Commando Royal Marines and 2 PARA, heavy laden with equipment and weapons, clambered into the landing craft in the darkness. They were the first ashore, wading for the last few yards waist-deep towards Blue Beach. 3 Para's objective was Port San Carlos Settlement. By 0730 the landings by 40 Commando and 2 PARA on Blue beaches 1 and 2 were complete. As the dawn rose, the next wave, 45 Commando, faces blackened, wearing a mixture of berets and helmets, splashed ashore at Red Beach in Ajax Bay, while 3 PARA, followed by 42 Commando in reserve, came ashore at Green Beaches 1 and 2 close to San Carlos Settlement. The surrounding green hills were bathed in bright morning sunshine. Once ashore, the units dug in, as helicopters ferried in guns, ammunition, stores and vehicles. In the darkness the Argentinian defenders had withdrawn, and it was to be a few hours before their first response was to fire a machine-gun at two of the Gazelle helicopters, killing three men.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm). Price £80.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
Original painting by David Rowlands. Image size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm). Price £70.00
ITEM CODE DHM0626
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The Lone Piper by David Rowlands.
A lone Jacobite piper plays a last farewell to fallen comrades.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £80.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £125.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £590.00
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
**Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. (2 copies reduced to clear) Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £50.00
ITEM CODE DHM0356
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1st Battalion Kings Owns Scottish Borderers. The Derryard Action, Co Fermanagh, December 13th 1989 by David Rowlands (GL)
On a dark winter evening, the Permanent Vehicle Check Point (PVCP) north of Rosslea, close to the border with Monaghan, was manned by 8 soldiers commanded by Corporal Robert Duncan. In response to a threat to the border locations an additional 4-man team commanded by Corporal Ian Harvey was on external patrol. From the direction of the border a specially armour-plated lorry, with about twelve terrorists intent on destroying the base stopped, and as Private Houston checked the back of it, automatic gunfire opened up from Armalite and AK47 rifles. Grenades were thrown into the base, and a flame-thrower was aimed at the command sangar. Two RPG7 Rockets were fired at the observation sangar. Heavy suppressive fire continued as the lorry reversed and smashed its way into the compound. Two soldiers were killed. The truck drove out of the devastated PVCP, and a red transit van drove in, laden with explosives. Fortunately only the booster charge exploded. As the patrol came up rapidly, firing at the terrorists, the truck drove off at speed, its two machine-guns mounted on the rear firing, its driver intent on escape. It was found abandoned at the border with a 210 kg bomb on board. The scale and type of this attack had never been seen before in Northern Ireland. Every soldier involved acted with exemplary courage and the determination to defeat the enemy. The conduct of Corporals Duncan and Harvey was in the highest traditions of conspicuous gallantry. Each received the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The events of the Derryard Action are a landmark in the modern fighting history of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. I was phoned soon after the action. I flew to Belfast and was driven to the location. In order to paint the action it was important to see the PVCP in its scarred condition, before it was repaired. The lonely, isolated building put me in mind of the beleaguered little forts which dotted this part of Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. The soldiers took up the positions they had fought in, while I sketched them in their Tam-o'-shanters. Corporal Ian Harvey is in the foreground with Pte Maxwell. Cpl Robert Duncan kneels in the road.
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM9025
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A Battery of Koehler Depressing Guns, 1782 at the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by David Rowlands (GL)
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 20 inches (91cm x 51cm). Price £500.00
Limited dition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 18 inches (76cm x 46cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM9022
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Imjin, Crash Action by David Rowlands On 25th April 1951, Lieutenant John Mole, in command of the
remaining section of the Royal Ulster Rifles 3 inch mortars, dismounted in
the open and replied with rapid mortar fire on to the slopes from which a
hail of machine-gun fire swept the valley floor. The surviving tanks of C
Squadron the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars kept up a heavy fire on the
Chinese formations swarming down the valley slopes.
The 20th Foot at the Battle of Inkerman, 5th November
1854 by David Rowlands The battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War, British and French
victory over the Russian Empire. The 33rd (Duke of Wellingtons) Regiment storming the
Great Redoubt at the Battle of Alma, 20th September 1854 by David Rowlands
The Battle of Culloden, 16th April 1746 by David Rowlands
The King's Regiment opens a deadly flanking fire on the Highlanders of
the Atholl Brigade.
2nd Battalion
Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle by David Rowlands The installation of the Governor
of Edinburgh Castle, receiving the Keys of the Castle by the Quarter Master 2nd Battalion. Summer 1991.
Royal Air Force Germany by David Rowlands
The
Disbandment Parade, Rheindahlen, 20th April 1993.
2nd Battalion, Reme by
David Rowlands Operation Agricola, Kosovo, February - September 1999.
Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during
the battle of the Hook.
The Ceremony of the Keys, HM Tower of London by David
Rowlands Depicting the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales at the ceremony
of the keys. The
Royal Marines Landing at San Carlos by David Rowlands The
painting shows Royal Marines landing on the beaches of San Carlos from
landing craft, the Royal Marines played a major part in the British
victory over the Argentineans during the Falklands War.
The Lone Piper by David Rowlands A
lone Jacobite piper plays a last farewell to fallen
comrades.
The Derry Action, County Fermanagh, 13th December 1989 by
David Rowlands Depicting 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.
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Battery of Koehler Depressing Guns, 1782 at the Siege of Gibraltar
(1779-83) by David Rowlands A battery of 24-pounder guns mounted on depressing carriages
invented by Lieutenant G.F. Koehler RA, served by the Royal Artillery. |
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