Robert Dodd (artist)

Robert Dodd (* 1748 in Wapping, † February 1815 in London) was a British marine painter and one of the most successful of its time.

Life and work

Dodd illustrated in his paintings, especially the exploits of the British fleet and the fates of individual ships in the battle with the elements. Among his most famous representations include:

• Wreckage of the warship Centaur
• Captain Inglefield and his companions in a boat
• Sinking of the fleet of Jamaica by storm in 1782, 4 pictures
• Battle of the frigate St. Margaret and the French Amazon ( 1785 )

He painted in May 1795 painting, The English fleet at Spithead before the burning British Battleship The Boyle fleeing, which has a width of 30 m, also called The nautic camp. Also famous is his account of the mutiny on the Bounty, in which he detailed the suspension of Captain William Bligh and his companions.

Dodd exhibited his works in 1780 at the Society of Artists and 1782-1809 from Royal Academy in London.

Dodd was also a successful engraver who had delivered on its own models stitches. Other made ​​Robert Pollard, mostly in aquatint. Some of his works have been confused with those of his lesser-known brother Ralph Dodd.

Dodd died in 1815 and was buried on 20 February 1815.