George Brookshaw Explained

George Brookshaw (c. 1751–1823), also known as G. Brown, was a notable English painter and illustrator from London.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

His early career was spent as a London cabinet-maker specializing in painted furniture, often with floral decorations. Brookshaw also published supplementary drawing manuals on fruit, flowers, and birds. His books included A New Treatise on Flower Painting, or, Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master in 1818.^[5]

His 1812 book Pomona Britannica records and illustrates fruit varieties grown in the greenhouses and gardens of Kensington Palace and other famous places in England. The book is especially noteworthy for pineapples and cherries.^[6]

External links

• Brookshaw's Groups of fruit: accurately drawn and coloured after nature…
• Brookshaw's Groups of flowers: drawn and accurately coloured after nature…
• Brookshaw's Six birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature…

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Brookshaw. 26 November 2012. vam.ac.uk. 7 March 2014.
2. Web site: BROOKSHAW, After George (1751-1823) . donaldheald.com . 7 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315125728/http://www.donaldheald.com/search/search_01.php?Author=BROOKSHAW%2C%20After%20George . 15 March 2014 .
3. Web site: George Brookshaw Gallery. aradergalleries.com. 7 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315113143/http://www.aradergalleries.com/works.php?id=10. 15 March 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Botanical Prints George Brookshaw Prints,antique original botanical ... . audubonart.com . 7 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104032451/http://www.audubonart.com/01_brkbio_01.asp . 4 November 2014 .
5. Horwood, Catherine. Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today. Chicago Review Press, 2012: 181.
6. Book: 1936 Year Book of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society (with the Annual Reports for 1935). 45. Book: 2002 reprint. TASCHEN. 3822814636.