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Last Name Brooking

Given Name Charles

alt. Names C. B. ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1723 c. in Deptford, London, England

Year died 1759

Place of death London, England

Father's occupation painter and decorator Charles Brooking (18xx-1xxx)

Relatives

Education apprenticeship as boat-painter; taught by his father; autodidact ;

Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for John Ellis: Natural History of the Corallines ;

Patronage court painter of Charles II ;

Collaborators probably pupil ->Dominic Serres (17xx-1xxx) ;

Techniques marine, landscape, natural, and zoological drawing, painting and watercolour ;

Sample(s) http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/brooking_charles.html; http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;searchTerm=Brooking%252C_Charles ;

Archival sources

Published sources AKL 14 1996: 375 ; ThB 5 1911: 64 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ;

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