Peckham, Francis Dodd, 1915, drypoint, Francis Dodd (1874-1949), portrait painter, landscape artist and printmaker, was born in Holyhead in Wales, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He trained at the Glasgow School of Art alongside his better-known contemporary, also represented in Te Papa's collection, Muirhead Bone, who married Dodd's sister. At Glasgow, Dodd won the Haldane Scholarship in 1893 and then travelled around France, Italy and later Spain. He returned to England in 1895 and settled in Manchester, becoming friends with the leading modern architet Charles Holden before moving to Blackheath in London in 1904.
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Peckham, Francis Dodd, 1915, drypoint, Francis Dodd, 1874-1949, portrait painter, landscape artist, printmaker, born, Holyhead, Wales, son, Wesleyan minister, trained, Glasgow School, Art alongside, better- contemporary, represented, Te Papa's collection, Muirhead Bone, married Dodd's sister, Glasgow, Dodd won, Haldane Scholarship, 1893, travelled, France, Italy, later Spain, returned, England, 1895, settled, Manchester, becoming friends, leading modern architet Charles Holden, moving, Blackheath, London, 1904
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