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The Wills Sale - Property from the Collection of the Late The Hon. Bobby Wills, removed from Farmington Lodge, Gloucestershire
2005 | United Kingdom
Lot 24 | CHARLES BROOKING 1723-1759 A BRITISH MAN OF WAR AND OTHER SHIPPING OFF THE COAST
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signed lower left on a buoy: C Brooking
oil on canvas
PROVENANCE
Martin B. Asscher, 1951;
J.H.N. Thompson, Stanley Hall, Bridgenorth, his sale Sotheby's, 24th June 1964, lot 35, bt. Leggatt for £8,500
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
David Joel, Charles Brooking, 2000, p. 122, no. 20
CATALOGUE NOTE
The central vessel in this composition is an English two-decker of 40 guns, shown broadside on. From the right, seen port bow on, is another British Man of War, a three-decker of 90 guns. Both vessels are under full sail with the exception of their fore-topsails. An English Royal Yacht, ketch rigged, is seen between the two warships sailing to the right. An English lugger fishing boat lies in the right foreground, dowsing her sails.
The composition is similar to the engraving after Brooking entitled Morning and published by Boydell in 1753 (see Joel, op.cit., no.603)
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