Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Charles Brooking
Charles Brooking,
PAINTER,
Was, if not born in Kent, bred in some department in the Dockyard at Deptford. He was a friend of Dominic Serres. "He painted sea-views and sea-fights, which shewed an extensive knowledge of naval tactics; his colour was bright and clear, his water pellucid, his manner broad and spirited." A specimen of his style may be seen in the Foundling Hospital, and numerous engravings have been taken of his works. He died in poverty, in 1759, in his thirty-sixth year.
[See "Bryans' Painters and Engravers" and "Edwards's Anecdotes of Painters,"]