Sea Maiden 32 Fanny with Sea Master Surraendus

Mermaid with merman couple art print and story by Robert Kline

This is a retired mermaid with merman art print that is limited in supply and therefore currently available in the following matted sizes: 8" x 10", 11" x 14" and an 11" x 17" that comes unmatted.

This wonderful Sea Maidenwith Sea Master art print and story are from a collection of Sea Maidens (mermaids), Sea Babies (mermaid babies), Sea Masters (merman), pirates, lighthouses and fairies created by renowned artist and novelist Robert Kline of St. Augustine, Florida.  The print is a lithograph reproduction of Robert's original watercolor and pencil painting. Hand labeled and signed by Robert in pencil, all the prints come with a 1/4" foam backing and the 5" x 7", 8" x 10", 11" x 14" are matted so all you need is a frame and they are ready to hang on your wall! Each print also comes with an excerpt from Robert’s novel The Forgotten Voyage of H.M.S. Baci. A fantastic saga in which multiple generations of the Roberts’ family explore the seven seas in search of the world’s mermaid and merman population. Thus, you receive the passage from Robert's novel describing the particular event in which the character(s) in the print were sighted. This is the story for this print.

Sir Edmund Roberts, explorer extraordinaire and charterer of the good ship, HMS Baci, continued his cataloging of the world’s Sea Maiden population. Just prior to departing the Easter Island complex the naturalist, in the company of the old salt, Gnarly Dan, spied his thirty second Sea Maiden and his eight Sea Master. Gnarly Dan, the font of Sea Maiden lore and source of more words than the average individual hears in ten lifetimes, explained the situation, though much affected by the drama before them. He swabbed a salty tear from his bristled cheek, snuffed loudly and whispered, “This’d be better luck than the time me second wife’s three sisters needed consolin’ when they favorite cat was trampled by a coach ‘n four. Warn’t one of ‘em much to look at, the squashed cat ‘cluded, but they tears turned to huggin’ an’ such, an’ well, afore I know’d it, we was sailin’ ‘fer heaven in a crowded boat.”

Sir Edmund glared heavily toward the old salt and hissed, “I do not give a hang about any of your multitudinous wives, their sisters, pets or predilections for unsavory unions. If you have information regarding the couple before us, do tell; otherwise, please keep that ever-moving mouth of your shut before I throttle you.”

Old Gnarly Dan feigned a deep psychological wound and then continued, “ As I was ‘a sayin’ before yer honor got testy,: That’d be wondrous good luck we’d be spin’. Firstly: A Sea Master finds himself alyin’ on the beach fer but one reason, and that’d be if he’s give up on findin’ his love. Secondly: Yer Sea Maiden saws her hair off when she’s grieven’ fer a lost love. Onst she does that, she rips the page involvin’ love from her chart book. She’ll nary love again. Think’ a’ chance a’ what we sees happenin’.”

He turned to Sir Edmund triumphant.

The naturalist shook his head in an attempt to clear his consternation. “My good fellow, you make absolutely no sense.

Gnarly Dan passed a sign of patience and began again. “Yer Sea Master there obviously got lost somehow; maybe a storm; a hurricane, perhaps, blowed him far away. He’s struggled back after a powerful lot a swimmin’. Now yer Sea Maiden was his girl, if ya catch me drift. She musta thought he copped it; drown or got eat by a giant squid, ‘cause she chopped ‘er hair nearly clean off, an yer Sea Maiden won’t do nothin’ that capital ‘less she’s powerful sad.”

Sir Edmund did finally understand and when he went to acknowledge Gnarly Dan’s wisdom, he stopped for the old salt was again lost in reverie. “Gave that cat a right nice send off. Headstone an’ all. Was that grateful.”

Sir Edmund’s notebook reads:

Maidenus gratitudus

“Fanny”

Maximus surrendus

Sighted in the throes of a homecoming.

March 1, 1834

There are many more sea maidens (mermaids), sea baby, pirates and sea masters prints available. Different characters and print sizes. Collect the series! This item will be sent flat via USPS 1st class mail or priority mail.