Pay Ransom or the City Burns by Don Maitz
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Art Details
| Title: | Pay Ransom or the City Burns |
| Date Created: | 1/10/22 |
| Copyright: | © Art © Don Maitz |
| Genre: | Unpublished Art |
| Mediums: | Oils |
| Views: | 436 |
| Posted: | 11/8/2022 |
About the Artist
Don Maitz
Member Since October 2013
Projects: A painting of Jean Hamlin, a notorious pirate based in the American Virgin Islands was commissioned by and hangs at the "Pirates, Shipwreck and Treasure Museum" located on the island of St Thomas. Maitz has been commissioned to illustrate interiors for "Faerie Tale",and "Magician" by Raymond Feist for Grim Oak Press and Stephen King's "The Stand" for PS Publishing in the UK. His painting of Captain Flint has been touring with the American Society of Marine Artist's National Exhibition to five museums beginning in the spring of 2020.
Description
Loosely based upon Henry Morgan's sacking of the city of Portobello. He held that city for ransom to the Governor of Panama. Pay or we burn the city to the ground was the gist of the letter he sent, adding, pay or we come for the city of Panama next. Which he did.
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