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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. The Sleeping Giant Awakes by Richard Taylor. (RM) Pearl Harbor - Monday December 8th, 1941. On Sunday December 7th, 1941, the free world had been stunned into disbelief by the treacherous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Giving no formal declaration of war, the devastating Japanese assault on the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet had left over two thousand American servicemen dead, most of her battleships destroyed or damaged, and the remains of nearly 200 American aircraft lay in tatters. America reeled from the shock and sheer incredulity. But for Admiral Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the success of victory left a bitter taste. The main targets of his carefully orchestrated plan had been the US carriers but, as fate would have it, they were all at sea. Yamamoto knew in his heart that he would have to face those carriers one day, and when he did they would be the platform upon which America would unleash the brunt of her power against him. At 12.30 the following day President Roosevelt began his address to Congress, calling for the declaration of war on Japan. By 4.10pm America was formally at war, and five thousand miles away the first of the carriers, USS Enterprise, was returning to Pearl Harbor. Richard Taylor's painting depicts the Enterprise as she approaches Ford Island and the smoldering ruins that had been the Pacific Fleet. As ships still burn and the thick smoke hangs in the air, ever alert F4F-3A Wildcats of VF-6 fly an overhead patrol. Throughout the night the carrier will refuel and re-arm, and at dawn she will return to sea with a steel resolve and a new mission, to avenge Pearl Harbor. The Japanese failure to destroy the US carriers was a fateful mistake and, six months later, the Enterprise finally got her chance at the Battle of Midway, as the US carriers delivered one of the most decisive victories in the history of naval warfare, paving the way for victory in the Pacific. Item Code : DHM6126RM The Sleeping Giant Awakes by Richard Taylor. (RM) - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING REMARQUE Limited edition of 25 remarques. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm) Paper size 33.5 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Donis, James (signed in person) Rubien, Bernard (signed in person) Priest, Leo (signed in person) + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £45 £40 Off! Now : £395.00 SPECIAL OFFER : ADD A CLIPPED SIGNATURE TO THE ABOVE PRINT AT A VERY SPECIAL RATE! Add Signature : Archie G Donahue. for £50.00 Buy One Get One Half Price All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : The Sleeping Giant Awakes by Richard Taylor. DHM6126 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm) Paper size 33.5 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Donis, James (signed in person) Rubien, Bernard (signed in person) Priest, Leo (signed in person) + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £45 £40 Off! Now : £110.00 VIEW EDITION... ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm) Paper size 33.5 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Donis, James (signed in person) Rubien, Bernard (signed in person) Priest, Leo (signed in person) + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £45 £145.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

Extra Details : The Sleeping Giant Awakes by Richard Taylor. (RM)

About all editions : Companion print Day of the Rising Sun Admiral Nagumo had called his crews to readiness in the early hours. He was pleased, because for the past 11 days his fleet had steamed 4000 miles across the Pacific without detection. Now they were just a couple of hundred miles off the northern shores of Oahu. Anticipation was high and at 0610 hrs, he ordered the launch of the first wave of aircraft from the carriers. With the rising sun glinting on their fuselages, Nakajima B5N Kate torpedo and high-altitude bombers, and Aichi D3A Val dive-bombers, head for the unsuspecting US Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor. In less than two hours time the fate of the world will have been changed forever. Companion print size 18.5 inches x 13.5 inches (47cm x 35cm)

Signatures on this item
*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
Name	Info
Lt Col Bernard Rubien *Signature Value : £20	After enlisting in the Army Air Corps in September 1940, he arrived at Pearl Harbor on December 10th, 1940.
Sgt Leo Priest *Signature Value : £10	Initially in the National Guard he joined the regular US Army in September 1940 and was at the command post at Hickham Field on the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Staff Sgt James Anthony Donis *Signature Value : £15	Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1940, he was posted to Oahu in January 1941 and as an Air Mechanic he was with Base Engineering at Wheeler Field when the attack took place.

Artist Details : Richard Taylor

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Richard Taylor From an early age, young Richard Taylor had shown an exceptional ability to draw. Not surprising perhaps, having been brought up in a family where fine art drawing, painting, print publishing, gallery receptions and art exhibitions pervaded daily life, but in his case a quite unusual talent was obvious to all who saw his work. A future somewhere in the world of art seemed undoubted, though exactly where didn't become clear to Richard until he completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design at Bath Spa University College. He excelled during his academic years, producing a remarkable body of creative illustrative work that was clearly leading him towards the world of fine art painting. Under the watchful guidance of his father Robert, Richard's skills were fast maturing to a standard where local galleries started exhibiting his paintings and drawings and he found himself immersed in commissions for friends, and soon, friends of friends, depicting images ranging from automobiles to wildlife. No matter what the subject area, like any determined young artist, Richard took it all in his stride. But deep down, his heart always lay with his passion for aircraft, and things mechanical - as his father says it must be in the genes. Richard Taylor is a young talent not to be ignored. His abounding enthusiasm for painting aircraft, and the distinctive natural flair of this young professional artist is clearly demonstrated in this, his very first aviation painting to be issued as a limited edition. More about Richard Taylor

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