Samuel Frederick Brocas (1792-1847)
'Howth Harbour and Ireland's Eye' and 'Portmarnock Strand from Howth'
Watercolours, 30 x 43.5cm (11¾ x 17'') and 29 x 43cm (11½ x 17''). (2)

 

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Samuel Frederick Brocas (1792-1847)
'Howth Harbour and Ireland's Eye' and 'Portmarnock Strand from Howth'
Watercolours, 30 x 43.5cm (11¾ x 17'') and 29 x 43cm (11½ x 17''). (2)

 

Born about 1792, Samuel was the second son of Henry Brocas. He attended the Dublin Societys School and was a multiple prize winner for flower painting, etching and figure drawing. Strickland notes that he practiced as a landscape painter in Dublin both in oil and watercolour and that his works possess considerable merit. He was a contributor to various Dublin exhibitions in 1804, 1809 and 1812 while he exhibited at the newly formed Royal Hibernian Academy from 1828 to 1847, the year of his death. His topographical views in the environs of Dublin are perhaps what he is best remembered for, with many of his drawings being engraved by his brother Henry Jnr.

 

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