Brian Sanders (British, B. 1937) "Viking Longship" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was c published on the Republic of the Marshall Islands History's Greatest Fighting Ships sheetlet issued December 1, 1998. Displaying a high stern and high prow adorned with the figure of an animal, sleek longships filled with fierce Norsemen raided the coasts of Europe and the British Isles throughout the 9th - 11th centuries -- even venturing as far as Greenland and North America. For 400 years the Viking longship was the key to Norwegian unification. Image Size: 10.5 x 13 in. Overall Size: 14.5 x 17 in. Unframed. (B15849)