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Charles Brooking (London 1723-1759) The King George disabled with privateers in chase (an engraving of this subject by Bloydell (1753) is attached to the reverse) image 1
Charles Brooking (London 1723-1759) The King George disabled with privateers in chase (an engraving of this subject by Bloydell (1753) is attached to the reverse) image 2
Charles Brooking (London 1723-1759) The King George disabled with privateers in chase (an engraving of this subject by Bloydell (1753) is attached to the reverse) image 3
The Collection of the Late Jonathan Janson
Lot 42

Charles Brooking
(London 1723-1759)
The King George disabled with privateers in chase

25 – 26 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £924.38 inc. premium

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Charles Brooking (London 1723-1759)

The King George disabled with privateers in chase
grey wash over pencil
28.5 x 45.4cm (11 1/4 x 17 7/8in).
an engraving of this subject by Bloydell (1753) is attached to the reverse

Footnotes

Provenance
Jonathan Janson, UK.

Exhibited
Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts and Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery, Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, Charles Brooking, 1723-1759, Paintings, Drawings and Engravings, 9-21 June 1966 and 1-30 July 1966, no. 72.

Literature
D. Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Suffolk, 2000, illustrated p. 172, no. 721 as The 'King George' disabled during the engagement with the 'Gloriosa' 9 October 1748. (The engraving on the reverse is illustrated in the same book on p. 177, no. 616).

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