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Head of Sale
Provenance
Robert Taylor Esq., solicitor, Lincolns Inn (1840 – 1915).
Captain and Mrs. Thomas, 1915.
With Arthur Ackermann and Peter Johnson Ltd., London.
With David Messum Gallery, London, 1984.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 March 1985, lot 19.
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. 54.
Literature
D. Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Suffolk, 2000, p. 121, no. 15B as Ships coming to anchor and a cutter before the wind illustrated in black and white.