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William Henry Brooke (1772–1860) was a British artist and illustrator.

Life

He was the son of the painter Henry Brooke and a nephew of Henry Brooke, the author of A Fool of Quality. He was a pupil of Samuel Drummond, and worked as a portrait painter.

He exhibited portraits and figure subjects at the Royal Academy occasionally between 1810 and 1826, but is best known by his illustrations to books. He died at Chichester in 1860.

Works

As an illustrator, Brooke was influenced by Thomas Stothard, a friend. He contributed to Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler in the edition by John Major, Thomas Keightley's Mythology, and other works.

References

1. ^ H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 54. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.
2. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Brooke, William Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Other sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Brooke, William Henry". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• William Henry Brooke at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalogue records

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Artists	William Henry Brooke Sydney John Bunney John Collier David Gee Thomas Hearne John Laporte Peter Laszlo Peri W. W. Quatremain Francis Skidmore
Writers	Angela Brazil George Eliot
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Science and engineering	Joseph Gutteridge Samuel Watson
Related	Organisations Coventry Heritage and Arts Trust Herbert Media People Donald Gibson Sir Alfred Herbert John Hewitt John Bailey Shelton
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