SALMON, Robert (Whitehaven, c. 1775 – (_), after 1845)
The available information about Salmon’s life is sketchy. Also know as Salamon and Salomon, the artist was born at Whitehaven (Cumberland), England within a family of mariners and was baptised there on 5 November 1775. Late in the 1790s Salmon probably left Whitehaven for London and in 1802 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy of London. In June 1806 he moved to Liverpool where the artist began to list and number his works: Battle of Trafalgar may be the panorama exhibited in Liverpool in October-November 1806, suggesting that it marked the beginning of his career as a panorama and natural scenes painter. In 1811 Salmon once again moved, this time to Greenock, Scotland, where he remained until 1822. The artist was a member of the short-lived Society for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. It is possible that he also worked in the shipping business. Between 1822 and 1825 he returned to Liverpool and then briefly lived in Greenock and London. In July 1828 the artist arrived in New York with his son where they possibly emigrated for political reasons. Between 1828 and 1842 he settled in Boston where he became a leading marine painter and a ship portraitist, although he continued to depict landscapes and panoramas. Salmon provided sketches for Pendleton’s Lithography Shop and in July 1840 his works ceased to be recorded. In 1842 his works participated in an auction at the Corinthian Hall in Boston. By June 1842 he departed from Boston and presumably returned to England. 1845 is the recorded date of his last dated painting.
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