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Captain Richard Brooks
(1826-1827)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
73.9 × 61.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1977
Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Richard Brooks captained the convict ship Atlas, which arrived in New South Wales in 1802. He was granted land in the colony and established a profitable business as a merchant and shipping agent. Augustus Earle arrived at Hobart Town in 1825, having been rescued from the remote island Tristan de Cunha, where he had been stranded for eight months following a sketching expedition. Born into an artistic family and trained at the Royal Academy in London, Earle had travelled and painted across Europe and the Americas, and quickly established himself in Sydney as one of the colony’s leading portraitists.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
A33-1977
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
Brooks, Richard busts (general, figures) collars (neckwear) colonials (people) men (male humans) menswear seamen single-sitter portraits
Frame
Reproduction, 1994