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C. E. Brock

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and black cap of the huntsman in the title; possibly this is exaggerated, but it is a good sort of exaggeration. In the other drawing, " The Supper Superstition", the story is extremely well told with movement and go. There are several other drawings in the book quite as good; enough of them to prove that Mr. Brock has something to say for himself, besides showing how well he has studied other people.
204:, which was repainted due to the position of the caddy and bystander as the commissioner of the painting wanted to bring himself, the putter, more into the forefront of the painting. The initial unsigned painting is considered to be the more impressive of the two versions, and is even used as the print for postcards and posters sold in many golf museums. 415:
Mr. Brock has come out with "Hood's Humorous Poems". His drawing can scarce be called original, β€” there are many reminiscences in it, β€” but his humour, dramatic action, and his arrangement are quite his own. H is sense of illustration is good, and is well shown in the concentration on the black horse
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This portfolio contained a biography of Brock, an illustration of him in his studio and an explanation of his method of working accompanied by a plate of his work and five other plates showing its production. Brock's pen and ink illustration shows a disgruntled older gentleman escorting a young lady
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The approach of C.E. Brock's work varied with the sort of story he was illustrating. Some was refined and described as "sensitive to the delicate, teacup-and-saucer primness and feminine outlook of the early Victorian novelists," while other work was "appreciative of the healthy, boisterous,
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Brock published 109 illustrations in Punch between 6 February 1901 and 30 March 1910. He output in Punch tapered off after 1905 and he did not publish any more work in Punch after 1910. Brock continued to work on book illustration and on portraits. Some of the portraits by Brock in national
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for Service & Paton in 1897. The new edition had 16 full page illustrations. New illustrations were one of the ways in which publishers tried to sell titles were had already had a number of editions. The illustrations are by courtesy of
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The confusion was so great that they even found themselves paying each other's bills. They solved by agreeing that Charles Edmund of Cambridge would stop using Edmund and that Charles Edmond of London would stop using Charles. In Graves'
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The name of the sculptor to which the commission for a bust of Queen Victoria is entrusted is Mr. Thomas Brock, R.A., and not, of course, Mr. C. E, Brock, stated by a mistake which crept into our report of the meeting last
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the whole book is available on-line. The illustrations for Ivanhoe would have benefited from the props that the Brock's kept in their studio to serve as examples for arms, clothing, and so on.
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called these illustrations sketches as they were accompanied by dialogue. Punch reserved the name cartoons for illustrations without any accompanying text, or only with a title.
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thoroughly English characters" – soldiers, rustics, and "horsey types." Other illustrations were grotesqueries drawn to amuse children looking at or reading storybooks.
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was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 – 27 October 1931), a Victorian novelist. Although most of here output was for adults, she did produce some
39:'The Old Chevalier House, Fore Street, Exeter' by Charles Edmund Brock, about 1920–1930. This pencil and watercolour on paper depicts The Old Chevalier House Inn in 174:. He used the Cambridge college libraries for his "picture research." In illustration Brock is best known for his line work, initially working in the tradition of 181:
Brock and his brothers maintained a Cambridge studio filled with various curios, antiques, furniture, and a costume collection. They owned a large collection of
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To confuse things even more, the London Brock was registered at Charles Edmund at birth, but opted to use Edmond rather than Edmund as this second name.
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costume prints and fashion plates, and had clothes specially made as examples for certain costumes. Using these, family members modeled for each other.
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Brock received his first book commission at the age of 20 in 1890. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as
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This was not the only confusion. One report of a Cambridge Council meeting attributed the Victoria Memorial to C. E. Brock.
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The Royal Academy of Arts: A completed Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904
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Annual Almanac (that is, they appear only in the bound set of a year's editions rather than in the weekly editions).
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Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen: Their work and there methods: A study of the art to-day with technical suggestions
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he lists the Cambridge Brock as Charles E. Brock - Painter, and the London Brock as C. Edmond Brock - Painter.
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Catalogue shows that the 8ΒΊ size book had 168-page in the 1887 edition and 175 in the 1909 edition.
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Unequivocally the most famous and valuable paintings in Brock's career were his golf paintings –
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collections date from the 1920. He continued to illustrate books right up until his death, with
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Brock was an occasional exhibitor at various venues. He died on 28 February 1938 in Cambridge.
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The following examples show what a complete set of illustrations for a single book look like.
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with nine full page illustrations including the frontispiece, and several smaller ones, by
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made the following assessment of Brock at the very start of his career as an illustrator:
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Illustrations By C. E. Brock for The Heroes of Asgard by Annie and Eliza Keary, 1930.
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There were none in 1908 or 1909, and the 1910 sketch was actually dated 1909.
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The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800–1914
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Illustrations for The Heroes of Asgard, by Annie and Eliza Keary, 1930.
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C. E. Brock's illustrations from the British Library Flickr account
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One of these was an illustration for a poem in the Annual Almanac.
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This was one of the school stories for girls written under
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The Brocks: a family of Cambridge artists and illustrators
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The Brocks: a family of Cambridge artists and illustrators
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Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age
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The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors
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of Cambridge was sometimes confused with the unrelated
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Keegan Paul & Co has long ago been subsumed into
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UNCG American Publishers' Trade Binding: C.E. Brock
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The Art of the Illustrator: CE Brock & His Work
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(8 June 1905). 248:Illustrations by Brock in Punch (by year) 1362:by Brock, and a link to a site about Venn 1076:"The Kind and Queen Visit the Academy". 916:female pseudonym, Florence Gunby Hadath. 411:Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtmanship . . . 246: 1415:, with 60 library catalogue records 1335:. 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Emma

Exeter
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
line artist
four artist brothers
Henry Matthew Brock
Holloway, London
Cambridge
RI
Charles Edmond Brock
RI
Royal Academy
Jonathan Swift
William Thackeray
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
George Eliot
The Quiver
The Strand
Pearsons
Hugh Thomson
Regency era

Villa Haas

Punch

Punch

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