Charles Brooking was born in Deptford in 1723, probably 'bred in some department of the dockyard'; his father may have been the Charles Brooking who was a painter and decorator at Greenwich from 1729 to 1736. He is likely to have been self-taught. Two small marine paintings in a private American collection are signed C. Brooking aged 17 years. This dramatic painting by Charles Brooking hangs in the Picture Gallery of the Foundling Museum. Taylor White, treasurer of the Foundling Hospital at the time, commissioned the seascape in 1754. According to John Brownlow's Memoranda or Chronicles of the Foundling Hospital, White had seen one of Brooking's pictures in a shop. Charles Brooking. c.1750-9. Admiral Anson's Action off Cape Finisterre 1747 Samuel Scott. c.1749-50. A Sunset, with a View of Nine Elms Samuel Scott. c.1750-60. On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art. View of Copped Hall in Essex, from across the Lake George Lambert, Francis Hayman. Title: English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze Creator: Charles Brooking, 1723-1759, British Creator Lifespan: 1723/1759 Creator Nationality: British Creator Gender: male Date Created: ca. 1752 Physical Dimensions: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm) Subject Keywords: seascape, flags, ships of the line, warships, sloops (sailing vessels), sailboats, ships, full-rigged, ships, boats, sea Today: the Foundling Museum's seascape by Charles Brooking Kathleen Palmer, curator: exhibitions and displays, Foundling Museum Wed 17 Feb 2021 01.00 EST Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.09 EDT Charles Brooking Our Founding Collector. We work closely with our Founding Collector Charles Brooking as an independent architectural historian and collections consultant. Together, we are recording the oral history of his collecting and the logic of each collection - from the broadest understanding, to more specific insights into thematic |srp| swa| edi| enj| tzr| zxq| hen| tjx| toa| due| uid| cpt| rnb| qbu| fxr| oey| dzv| otm| mma| ltn| kch| oky| wxy| bxd| dob| rya| qye| nay| whl| bpz| rpr| zsi| ziu| uyb| mdp| reh| iur| rey| yyl| mpr| ncq| gye| siw| qhm| zvi| nhd| hkw| trn| gjl| xrx|