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Robert Dodd: The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781  wikidata:Q50900390 reasonator:Q50900390
Artist
Robert Dodd  (1748–1815)  wikidata:Q973073
 
Alternative names
Dodd
Description British marine painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 1748 Edit this at Wikidata February 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wapping London
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creator QS:P170,Q973073
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The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
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English: The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781

'The Artois capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781'

The names of the two captured Dutch privateers were 'Mars' and 'Hercules'; both were subsequently acquired by the RN and commissioned as brig-sloops 'Orestes' and 'Pylades' (see Rif Winfield, 'British Warships of the Age of Sail', p. 328).

The Artois capturing two Dutch privateers 3rd December 1781
Date after 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Frame: 584 mm x 732 mm x 100 mm;Painting: 345 mm x 485 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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BHC0435
Notes Ex Lib Naval and Fishery Exhibition 1905.
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11927
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Acquisition Number: OP1951-24.1
id number: BHC0435
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