Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Title:
Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.70
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
shipping | sea | marine art | flags | Dutch | seascape | cutter (sailing vessel) | sloops (sailing vessels) | warship | yacht | boats | ships | Red Ensign | merchants | Union Jack | waves (natural events)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christie's sale catalogue : Fine British and Dutch marine pictures : 12 May 1967, Christie's, May 12, 1967, p. 22, lot 58, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 44-45, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

David Joel, Charles Brooking, 1723-1759, and the 18th Century Marine Painters, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, p. 150, no. 238B, NJ18 B824 J64 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:580