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The Collection of the Late Jonathan Janson
Lot 53

Charles Brooking
(London 1723-1759)
Shipping in a gentle breeze

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

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Charles Brooking (London 1723-1759)

Shipping in a gentle breeze
signed 'C Brooking' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27.9 x 38.1cm (11 x 15in).

Footnotes

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.

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