Dodd Maritime Watercolors
DODD, Robert (1748-1815), attributed to.
An Outward Bound East Indiaman Sailing from the Downs & An Homeward Bound East-Indianman, Taking a Pilot off Dover.
Mixed Media including watercolor, gouache, and pen & ink on paper. c. 1788.
17 1/8" x 26 1/2" sheet, 28 1/2" x 37 1/2" framed & 17 3/8" x 25" sheet, 28 1/2" x 37 1/2" framed.
A vivid pair of Revolutionary-era maritime scenes, attributed to British marine painter Robert Dodd. Robert Dodd was one of the principal records of the naval maneauvers of the American War for Independence and the French Revolution. He not only painted significant maritime battles, but also engraved and published them, bringing the events of war before the eyes of Europeans and Americans who, though far awat, were intensely interested.
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DODD, Robert (1748-1815), attributed to.
An Outward Bound East Indiaman Sailing from the Downs & An Homeward Bound East-Indianman, Taking a Pilot off Dover.
Mixed Media including watercolor, gouache, and pen & ink on paper. c. 1788.
17 1/8" x 26 1/2" sheet, 28 1/2" x 37 1/2" framed & 17 3/8" x 25" sheet, 28 1/2" x 37 1/2" framed.
A vivid pair of Revolutionary-era maritime scenes, attributed to British marine painter Robert Dodd. Robert Dodd was one of the principal records of the naval maneauvers of the American War for Independence and the French Revolution. He not only painted significant maritime battles, but also engraved and published them, bringing the events of war before the eyes of Europeans and Americans who, though far awat, were intensely interested.