03 — ARTWORK
Shipping in a Calm
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 cm
- TYPE
- Landscape
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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At their best Brooking's pictures of shipping in calm waters rival the finest work of Willem van de Velde. In this painting there is a light breeze coming from the left. An English 18 gun frigate is shown starboard quarter to, with a cutter and two luggers beside her. Her fore and main topsails are set, the mizzen topsail being hoisted, and she flies pennants at each masthead and a Red Ensign at the stern. On the horizon is a second frigate of 20 guns, and in the right foreground lies a fishing pink.
OTHER WORKS BY CHARLES BROOKING
- A Royal Yacht Firing a Salute 1750
- Dutch Fishing Kaags by a Shore 1750
- The Capture of a French Ship by Royal Family Privateers 1750
The archive catalogues no further works by this artist.
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title = {Shipping in a Calm by BROOKING, Charles},
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