Charles Brooking

Lot 146: A small man o'war at anchor with cutters under sail

Name: A small man o'war at anchor with cutters under sail
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 1fb43ae81f

Est: £15,000 GBP - £25,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 08, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Charles Brooking (1723-1759) A small man o'war at anchor with cutters under sail oil on canvas 24 x 26 ½ in. (61 x 67.3 cm.)

Dimensions

61 x 67.3 cm.

Artist or Maker

Charles Brooking

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. 56.

Literature

D. Joel, Charles Brooking 1723 - 1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Suffolk, 2000, ill. p. 122, no. 19.

Provenance

R.R. Henshaw Esq. with Rupert Preston Gallery, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 1967, lot 125, as 'Men-'war at anchor in a calm , with a cutter'. G.E.J. Robertson Esq. Private Collection. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 June 2005, lot 262.

Notes

A small 20-gun man-o'war is seen lying at anchor to the left of the composition and off her starboard beam is a 18-gun man-o'war setting sail and leaving the anchorage. A cutter yacht close-hauled is off her starboard quarter.

Auction Details

Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Sporting and Maritime Art

Christie's

July 08, 2015, 10:30 AM UTC

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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