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Charles Brooking (1723-1759)
Lot 144 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Charles Brooking (1723-1759)

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

Closed3 December 2015

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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.)

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.

Specialist note

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.