Mount Kent
© the artist's estate. Image credit: National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

Mount Kent

Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)

National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

Painter and draughtsman of marine scenes, born in Bromley, Kent, married to the painter Jean Main. After education at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, he studied with the Cornwall-based painter Borlase Smart. Exhibited RBA, SMA and ROI. Charles David Cobb lived in Brockenhurst, Hampshire.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Artworks by Charles David Cobb

  • Mount Kent
    Mount Kent Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • HMS 'Gloucester', USS 'Missouri', USS 'Adroit', HMS 'Ledbury', HMS 'Dulverton', HMS 'Cattistock' and HMS 'Atherton'
    HMS 'Gloucester', USS 'Missouri', USS 'Adroit', HMS 'Ledbury', HMS 'Dulverton', HMS 'Cattistock' and HMS 'Atherton' Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • Artillery at Mount Kent
    Artillery at Mount Kent Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • HMS 'Dianthus' and Convoy in Winter Atlantic Gale
    HMS 'Dianthus' and Convoy in Winter Atlantic Gale Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • The 1943 Climax of the Atlantic Convoy War No. 1
    The 1943 Climax of the Atlantic Convoy War No. 1 Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
  • Pebble Island Extraction
    Pebble Island Extraction Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    Fleet Air Arm Museum
  • Salerno, HM 'Submarine Shakespeare' Acting as a Marker for Invasion Fleet, 9 September 1943
    Salerno, HM 'Submarine Shakespeare' Acting as a Marker for Invasion Fleet, 9 September 1943 Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
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