C. Brooke (active 1876)

The Bluff, Durban, Natal

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C. Brooke (active 1876)
The Bluff, Durban, Natal
signed and dated 'C Brooke/9.76.' (lower right), inscribed 'The Bluff.Durban' (on the mount)
watercolour, unframed
6½ x 13 5/8in. (16.5 x 34.6cm.)

Lot Essay

Brooke may have been a relation of Henry Brooke, a resident of Natal whose Natal, a History and Description of the Colony was published in London in 1876 (A. Gordon-Brown, Pictorial Africana, Cape Town, 1975, p. 129) and which contained illustrations credited to 'H. Brooks' and 'Vincent Brooks'.

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