'H.M.S. MEDIATOR' ATTACKING FIVE SAIL OF THE ENEMY, DECEMBER 12, 1782

This work depicts the HMS Mediator captained by James Luttrell successfully capturing two ships in an American and French convoy off the coast of Spain on December 11-12, 1782. A leading marine painter and engraver of the late eighteenth century, Robert Dodd (1748-1816) exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1782 to 1809.