GEORGE BROOKSHAW (FL. 1804-1819)

FOUR HANDCOLORED AQUATINTS FROM: POMONICA BRITANNICA, A COLLECTION OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FRUITS

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GEORGE BROOKSHAW (FL. 1804-1819)
FOUR HANDCOLORED AQUATINTS FROM: POMONICA BRITANNICA, A COLLECTION OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FRUITS
DATED 1807, ALL PRESUMABLY CUT TO IMAGE, UNEXAMINED OUT OF THE FRAMES, FRENCH MATS AND CUSHION-MOLDED GILTWOOD FRAMES, COMPRISED OF DEPICTIONS OF PLUMS AND CHERRIES; A GROUP OF PEACHES; A SECTIONED MELON; A SECOND GROUP OF PEACHES
29½IN. (75CM.) HIGH, 25½IN. (65CM.) WIDE OVERALL (4)

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POMONICA BRITANNICA WAS ISSUED BY GEORGE BROOKSHAW IN PART FROM 1804 THROUGH 1808, THEN A COMPLETE SET OF 103 PLATES DEDICATED TO THE PRINCE OF WALES IN 1812. SUBSEQUENT RE-ISSUES WERE DONE IN 1817, 1820, 1822 AND FINALLY POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1823. BROOKSHAW'S VARIED CAREER ALSO ENCOMPASSES CABINET-MAKING, FOR WHICH HE IS BEST KNOWN. HIS HIGHLY DECORATED FURNITURE, WITH FLORAL EMBELLISHMENTS, INCLUDES A COMMODE SUPPLIED TO THE PRINCE OF WALES IN 1783 AND FURNITURE SUPPLIED TO PIERCEFIELD, MONMOUTHSHIRE. TWO CABINETS FROM THIS COMMISSION WERE SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 29 JANUARY 1994, LOTS 351-352.