WILLIAM HENRY BROOKE (BRITISH 1772-1860) RIDING A FROG inscribed and dated Wood - Krr. 10 Oct. 1807. below pen and brown ink and sepia wash 11.5 x 13cm; 3½ x 4¾in together with eight further caricatures by or attributed to various artists including, Alexander Nasmyth, Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, George Dance, James Roberts, James Gillray and George 'Sidney' Shepherd various media, various sizes, all unframed (9) Provenance the first: Abbott & Holder Jan 1953 Leonard Gordon Duke C.B.E. (1890-1971) (the reverse inscribed with his initials and his inventory no. D1105) Literature Iolo Williams, Early English Watercolours and Some Cognate Drawings by Artists Born Not Later Than 1785, 1952, Plate CXVII, Fig. 240, James Roberts, A Duel, 1779
William Henry Brooke (1772-1860); Aquatinted By Robert Havell (Junior), Portrait of James Silk Buckingham. William Henry Brooke (1772–1860) was a British artist and illustrator. He was the son of the painter Henry Brooke and a nephew of Henry Brooke. He was a pupil of Samuel Drummond, and worked as a portrait painter. He exhibited portraits and figure subjects at the Royal Academy between 1810 and 1826. Robert Havell (Jr.) was born at Reading (Berkshire) on 25 November 1793 and died at Tarrytown (New York, USA) on 11 November 1878. Growing up in Great Britain, Havell developed his skills as an aquatint artist under the guidance of his engraver father, who urged him to enter a more erudite profession. His father accepted the job of printing Audubon’s “The Birds of America”, and his search for a graphic artist of the highest calibre led him back to his son, who was then working for a publishing firm. He engaged him to make the plates, and also to do most of the water-colouring of the prints. In 1827–38, while he was engaged in executing this project, Havell became a close friend and associate of Audubon. In 1839 he went to the United States, where he lived with Audubon for a while. He continued to explore aquatint and engraving and painting the countryside of the Hudson River valley. James Silk Buckingham was born at Flushing near Falmouth on 25 August 1786 and died at London on 30 June 1855. His ancestors and father were seafaring men, and his own youth was spent at sea. In 1797 he was captured by the French and held as a prisoner of war at Corunna. After years of travelling in the Middle East he settled in India, where he established a periodical, the Calcutta Journal, in 1818. This venture at first proved highly successful, but in 1823 the paper's outspoken criticisms of the East India Company led to the expulsion of Buckingham from India and to the suppression of the paper by John Adam, the acting governor-general in 1823. His case was brought before a select committee of the House of Commons in 1834, and a pension of £500 a year was subsequently awarded to him by the East India Company as compensation. Buckingham continued his journalistic ventures on his return to England and started the Oriental Herald and Colonial Review (1824–9) and the Athenaeum (1828). He also published his travel accounts after his return to England (except for the first one which was published while he was still in India) (Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, east of the River Jordan – 1821, Travels among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine -1825; Travels in Mesopotamia – 1827; and Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia – 1829). Between 1832 and 1836 Buckingham served as MP for Sheffield. He was a strong advocate of social reform, calling for the end of flogging in the armed services, abolition of the press-gang and the repeal of the Corn Laws. During his time as an MP, Buckingham served as chair of the select committee charged with examining "the extent, causes, and consequences of the prevailing vice of intoxication among the laboring classes of the United Kingdom" and devising a solution. Following his retirement from parliament, in October 1837, Buckingham began a four-year tour of North America. In 1844 he was central to the foundation of the British and Foreign Institute.
Brown ink, watercolour, squared for transfer in pencil, 17,8 x 12,7 cm, wove paper, unsigned, ms. note in pen. - William Henry Brooke (1772-1860) was a British artist and illustrator. The inscription below reads: "Is it you? Is it indeed you - brave Knight of the Leopard / gallant Sir Kenneth of Scotland - is it indeed you?"
WILLIAM HENRY BROOKE (1772-1860) A SCENE FROM 'THE TRAGEDY OF LADY JANE GREY' inscribed extensively around image and verso pencil, pen & ink 12.0 x 12.0.cm / 4 3/4 x 4 3/4in (oval) The present work depicts a moment in Act II, Scene I of Nicholas Rowe's 1715 play, The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey: "Protect this land from bloody men and idols / save my poor people from the yoak [sic] of Rome". The title, "As I approached to kneel and pay my duty" is spoken by Lady Jane as she announces that King Edward VI has died. William Henry Brooke was an artist and prolific illustrator. He was a friend of Thomas Stothard, who held his ability in high regard. It is possible that he was asked to illustrate the 1818 reprinting of Rowe's play by the Chiswick Press, however no reference to him is made in that text.
William Henry Brooke (1772-1860) & James Silk Buckingham (17861855). Pen and ink and watercolour wash, heightened in white, on paper. London: 1842. 8 3/4 x 11 inches
William Henry Brooke (British 1772-1860) Sketch of the second game of Mars v Venus at the moment of checkmating the Red King watercolour and ink h:12 w: 19.50 cm Provenance: From the collection of the late Christopher Hogwood CBE
William Henry Brooke (1790-1864) - Four works: Bushire; Persepolis; Shiraz; Middle Eastern view, pen and brown ink, with watercolour wash, pen and ink inscriptions, various sizes, largest 8 x 12 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in), one unframed, (4).
William Henry Brooke ARHA, Irish 1772-1860- ''Hastings''; pen, brown ink and wash, titled and dated 17 and 18 Oct 1926, 26x17.5cm. VAT charged on hammer price. * Please Note: This lot is subject to VAT
William Henry Brooke ARHA (1772-1860) Ascent of the Galtee Mountains Oil on canvas, 35.3 x 53.4 cm (14 x 21'') Signed and inscribed on artists label verso No1. Ascent of the Gaultee (Sic) Mountains/ W.H. Brooke, 17 Newman Street Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1823, no. 333 Literature: The Knight of Glin and Anne Crookshank, The Watercolours of Ireland, London, 1994, pp.95-96 (where illustrated as a lithograph) The son of the Irish history painter, Henry Brooke (1738-1806), William Henry Brooke spent much of his career in London. He is best known as an illustrator of books and periodicals alongside a successful practice as a portrait and genre painter. He was a regular exhibitor at both the Royal Academy from 1810 until 1826 and the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1827 to 1846. Based on a sketch by the antiquarian and writer, Thomas Crofton Croker, the amusing scene depicted is described in great detail in his book, Researches in the South of Ireland, London, 1824, pp.32-33. Three smartly dressed tourists, Croker himself on the left, his wife Marianne and Marianne's father, the landscape painter Francis Nicholson, all uncomfortably ensconced in a simple farmer's cart with but a few sheaves of hay to cushion the bumps of an unmade mountain track. Marianne holds on to the cart and her sketch book with a grim forbearance while the two men appear rather more nonchalant. All of this to the great amusement of the local bareback cart driver who no doubt had the double pleasure of schadenfreude and payment to boot.
William Henry Brooke 1772-1860, Ireland "Type of the New Series of the Satirist, August 1812" an aquatint engraving on paper signed in the plate W. H. Ekoorb del et aqa fors fecit, on joined paper, matted, tears to the edges 8 1/16" high, 15" wide
FOUR ATTRACTIVE COLOURED EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DRAWINGS IN PEN, INK AND WASHES BY WILLIAM HENRY BROOKE (1772-1860) of an excavation and Anglo-Saxon artefacts in 1818 at Abbey Farm [now called the Eye cemetery] near Broome Hall at Eye in Suffolk, then the seat of the Marquess of Cornwallis, the drawing of the dig depicting two men excavating in a deep pit, with the town of Eye in the distance, inscribed 'Site of the Barrow where upwards of 100 roman [in fact Anglo-Saxon] Urns were found -- Swords [,] small Helmet, Bit of Bridle, Horses Bones &c in a field on the estate of Broome Hall near Eye Suffolk seat of Marquis Cornwallis 21 Oct 1818'; the inscriptions on the drawings of urns and fragments add the names of Mr Cobbold of Ipswich Cliff and Mr Grimes, the Marquess's gamekeeper, who presumably made the discovery and who are perhaps those shown in the main drawing and described as 'modern Goths' in the Gentleman's Magazine, and that one of the globular urns was 'filled with Human Bones half burnt, sand & red Earth', and indicate that the discovery was made in August 1818 while the drawings were made in October that year, four drawings mounted on paper, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, size of apertures 6 x 8½ inches and 6½ x 8¾ inches, 8¼ x 6¼ inches, overall sizes 10¼ x 12½ and 12½ x 10 inches, Abbey Farm [Eye cemetery] 21 October 1818
William Henry Brooke (English, 1780-1864) "Justice", good ink and sepia wash drawing of an allegorical figure, first quarter 19th century, signed in pencil lower right "W. H. Brooke", 5-3/4" x 6-1/4". Presented in a metallic gold-banded dove gray mat within a narrow antiqued giltwood frame in the neoclassical style and glazed.
FOUR ALBUMS OF LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS measurements note album sheets measure 33 by 20 cm., 13 by 8 in. the first including views of Rollerton, Scarthingwell Hale, Tourton Hale, Clerk Hill, remains of Luggershall Castle and Mount, old stone crop - Luggershall, stone gateway to Ramsbury Manor and house, Ramsbury House near Marlborough, view from Ramsbury bridge and others fifteen (one on two sheets), fourteen inscribed and fourteen dated between 30th November 1816 and 19th November 1817 (some dated on album sheets) eleven pen and brown ink over pencil, two pen and brown ink with watercolour over pencil and two pen and brown ink with grey wash over pencil, four album sheets watermarked: 1812, bound between red boards inscribed: No 1 / Long tour / from / October 1816 to Novr 1817 / Hampshire / Oxford / Lancashire/ Derby / Yorkshire / Essex / Sussex / London / Somerset / Wiltshire the second including views of Bellinsay Church Great Burghstead Essex (3), entrance to Bellinsay and Sun Hotel, Bellinsay chapel (2), Danbury Place Essex, Danbury, Danbury Church hill and part of the village, view from the eastern end of Danbury village, Avenue and military road to the powder magazine at Purfleet Essex, Danbury church, bridges over the River Lea near Barking Essex (2), entrance to Chipping Ongar in Essex from the London road, distant view of Chipping Ongar, Chipping Ongar Church, Chipping Ongar from the market house, Chigwell Church Essex, Bere Church near Chelmsford Essex, Bere Church Hall, Dagenham Church and village, the parish of East Bamfleet near Hadleigh Essex, Saffron Garden Essex, the Langdon Hills Essex, view from the top of the Langdon hills and others thirty-three (ten on two sheets), thirty-one inscribed and twenty-five dated between 21st September 1818 and 21st October 1818 twenty-eight pen and brown ink over pencil, four pen and brown ink and grey wash over pencil and one pencil, album sheets watermarked, bound between red boards inscribed: No 5 / Long Tour / from / Augt 1818 to Octob r 1818 / Chichester / Worthing / Brighton / Lewes / Hastings / Essex the third including views of the jetty at Yarmouth (6), the Quay at Yarmouth (3), the Draw Bridge over the Yare at Yarmouth, the North Gate Yarmouth (2), the view from the Draw Bridge down the quay and river Yare at Yarmouth, the South Gate Yarmouth, remains of the fortified wall Yarmouth, a tower of the old town wall Yarmouth (2), Borough Hall near Aylsham Norfolk, Helmingham Hall near Aylsham Norfolk, Bayfield Hall near Holt Norfolk, the old town fortification at Lyme Regis, ruins of St Margaret's monastery and present theatre at Lyme Regis, font at Grantham church, remains of ancient tower on the old wall Lyme Regis, tesselated pavement at Haseby near Grantham (3), South Gate at Lyme Regis, George Inn at Grantham, Roman wall at Haseby near Grantham, Angel Inn at Grantham, remains of roman bath at Haseby near Grantham, Turnpike gate near Grantham, pillared house at Gainsborough, ruins of part of town walls at Newcastle Upon Tyne, castle hill near Gainsborough (4), Barlow Hall near Selby Yorkshire (3), Selby Church, Ledstone Hall near Ferrybridge Yorkshire, Sandal Castle (5), Willow Close near Sandal Castle, studies of stained glass and paintings in York Cathedral (6), ancient tower at Hexham, a tower and pump in the market place Hexham, The Levels near Dilstone Hexham, Battle Hill at Hexham, Hexham Fells Northumberland, Guards Landing at Dipton Water and Fells near Hexham (2), Dipton Water near Queen's Cave Hexham, valley formed by Hexham and Dipton Fells, entrance to Queen's Cave valley, Cave where Queen Margaret is said to have been concealed after the Battle of Hexham (5), interior of Carlisle Castle (2), part of the ancient walls of Carlisle Castle, the courtyard of Carlisle Castle and others eighty-four (four on two sheets and one on three sheets), each inscribed, eighty-two dated between 20th October 1818 and 15th December 1818 sixty-one pen and grey ink, eleven pen and grey ink with watercolour over pencil, ten pen and grey ink with grey wash over pencil and two pencil, 2 album sheets watermarked: 1818, bound between red boards inscribed: No 6 / Long Tour / From 15 October to Decr 1818 / Suffolk / Norfolk / Lincoln / York / Northumberld / Cumberland the fourth including views of the River Colne near St Albans Hertfordshire, Colney, ruins of Bushey Mill on the Colne near Watford (2), the Mills on the Colne at Walton, Tan yard on the Colne at Watford, the River Colne at Watford, the River Colne near Watford looking towards Rickmansworth, the River Colne at Rickmansworth (2), the River Colne and Grand Junction Canal near Rickmansworth (2), Lime kiln and chalk works on the River Colne and canal at Harefield, cottages of the lime burners at the chalk works on the Colne Harefield, chalk works and distant view of the copper mills on the Colne and canal Harefield, the river Colne and Braunston Canal Harefield (3), River Colne in Denham Court Park near Uxbridge (2), aquaduct for the branch of the Colne under the Grand Junction canal near Denham, weir on the Colne between Denham and Uxbridge, Mr Hull's mills on the Colne at Uxbridge, the Colne at Uxbridge (2), Mr Austin's flour mills on the Broad water near Uxbridge, the Colne at Longbridge, the Colne at Fens Bridge, the Colne at Huntsmore Park, the River Colne at the foot of Iver Hill, Mr Wright's paper mills on the Colne at Thorney near Iver, Mr Mercer's flour mills on the Colne at Denham, the Colne on Denham Common, bridge over the Colne near Harmondsworth, the Colne at Harmondsworth, the Colne near the Colbrook Road (4), Mr Starford's Paper Mills on the Colne at Horton, Mr Williams' Copper Mills on the Colne between Waysbury and Horton, the River Colne at Mr Arby's Corn Mills near Staines (3), the Colne at the White Bush Inn at Staines (2), Whitchurch near Edgeware (2), Hyde (2), village of Whitchurch Edgeware, site of ancient British or Roman encampment near Kingsbury, Kingsbury Church, Kingsbury Green, Edlestree or Elstree near St Albans (2), Edlestree or Elstree Church, Brockley Hill (3), Watford Church near Rickmansworth, the mills at Watford (2), Kinsbury Farm and mills near St Albans, Feltham from Ashford, Feltham Church (3), Laleham (2), Laleham Church near Littleton, seat of Colonel Wood Littleton near Chertsey (3), entrance to Litttleton from Laleham, pond digging at Shepperton Common near Chertsey, Littleton church, village and church of Shepperton (3) and others eighty-six, eighty inscribed seventy-two pen and brown ink over pencil, thirteen watercolour over pencil and one pencil, nineteen album sheets watermarked: 1814 and one album sheet watermarked: 1810, bound between red boards inscribed: No 8 / Long Tour / from / River Colne / Herts / Bucks with a pen and brown ink drawing of New Iron Bridge over River Roding from E.J.Warehouses (dated 1st February 1818) and a watercolour of A Distant View of Clerk Hill, Lancashire - Seat of Lady W.S.Gardiner from a sketch taken 8 Decr 1816 NOTE Brooke was a pupil of the history painter Samuel Drummond and under his influence he advanced rapidly, first exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1810. Between 1812 and 1813 he drew for the Satirist, a monthly publication, and was succeeded by George Cruikshank
'Let the dice fly high', an illustration of Caesar crossing the Rubicon, wash, together with a quantity of other figure sketches, 5.5 x 7 cm, all unframed, (qty).
A native Priest and Lady of Manilla; A Gentleman and Lady of Brazil: Hottentots: Booshman: A Lady of Batavia; Leebakoo Chief and many other exotic figure studies, twenty eight. bears inscription on mount watercolour 7.3 X 11.2 cm. (2 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.) unframed, (28)
