A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

ID: #27953 | Classicism | Sea and ships

Date: c.1740
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA
Dimensions: 24.5 x 30.2

Brooking painted picture A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort in c.1740. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is landscape. Original size is 24.5 x 30.2. This art piece is located in Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Charles Brooking (1723-1759) was an English classicist painter whose signature was displaying marine scenes and landscapes. He became famous in 1754 for his paintings the English Flagships in a Moderate Breeze. In his paintings, Brooking capitalized on the knowledge, maritime experience and technical parameters of not only military ships but also fishing boats. He observed and tried to understand the impact of climatic phenomena on the surface of the sea and their power to play with ships, such as in the painting English Ships Before a Gale . Oftentimes, he also embarked on expeditions on his small sailboat. Many of his works are located in the Greenwich Maritime Museum in London.