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

Details

ROBERT DODD (BRITISH, 1748-1816)
'H.M.S. MEDIATOR' ATTACKING FIVE SAIL OF THE ENEMY, DECEMBER 12, 1782
oil on canvas
24 x 34 in.
Painted circa 1783.

Provenance

Horace W. Gordon, Elinor Gordon Oriental Lowestoft, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Acquired from the above by The Dietrich American Foundation, 1966

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Lot Essay

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.

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