A small man-o'war at anchor with cutters under sail

Details

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.)

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.

Literature

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

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.

Lot Essay

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.

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