Charles Edmund Brock (Charles Brock)

A Moment's Rest

Charles Edmund Brock's original pen and ink drawing, "A Moment's Rest" drawn on late nineteenth century bristol board and with full margins. It is signed by Charles Edmund Brock with his 'C. E. B.' monogramme in the lower left corner. The drawing depicts an older gentleman smoking his pipe. "A Moment's Rest" is a fine, original example of the illustrative art created by the British artist, Charles Brock.

Original pen and ink drawing by the American artist, Charles Edmund Brock (Charles Brock).

A Moment's RestCharles Edmund Brock (Charles Brock)

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Title:	A Moment's Rest
Artist:	Brock, Charles Edmund 'Charles Brock' (Cambridge, 1870 - 1938)
Date:	c. 1895
Medium:	Original Pen & Ink Drawing
Note:	Charles Edmund Brock 'Charles Brock': Together with his younger brother, Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960), the Brock brothers formed one of the most dominating forces o late nineteenth and early twentieth century illustrative art in Britain. Educated at Cambridge School and in the studio of Henry Wiles, Charles Edmund Brock illustrated his first book in 1891. By the year of his death, he had illustrated well over one hundred and twenty books as well as contributing hundreds of drawings to leading periodicals and journals such as Punch, The Graphic, the Quiver and the Strand. H. M. Brock joined his elder brother in his Cambridge studio in 1894 and for many years, the brothers worked together and gained inspiration from each other's art. Generally, the pen drawings of Charles Edmund Brock have a lighter touch than his brother's and are softer in their contrasts.
	Although both Brock brothers were skilled in illustrating fold tales, children's stories and contemporary novels, their true metier was in the illustration of period books, particularly the worlds of Jane Austen and Oliver Goldsmith. No finer artist existed than G. E. Brock to depict eighteenth century characters and their manners, and of Jane Austen, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, Cowper's John Gilpin, Lamb's Essays of Elia and Galt's Annals of the Parish. This beautiful period drawing could well come from his work for any of these novels.
	In his biography on the life of the Brocks, C. M. Kelly relates that their passion for the Georgian period was all embracing: The Brocks quickly acquired a good store of first-class antique furniture, for use in their work and because they loved it, much of it obtained from a firm called Jolley's in Cambridge. It was a simpler and much cheaper matter to buy antique furniture then, of course, but even so, several pictures had to be drawn and sold to pay for each acquisition. The Vicar was the first of many books to be illuminated by lovingly painted antiques. Always there is something to catch the eye besides characters -- a chair that is clearly Sheraton, a Chippendale cupboard, a side-table, a screen, a Georgian doorway, a splendid fireplace -- *
	It is compelling to think that the magnificent armchair depicted in this pen and ink drawing probably occupied a corner of the Brocks' studio.
	During his career, Charles Brock regularly exhibited his drawing and watercolours at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. He became a full member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1908. Needless to say, original art from this master of turn of the century illustration is always in great demand.
Reference:	* C. M. Kelly, The Brocks: A Family of Cambridge Artists and Illustrators, London, Charles Skilton Ltd., 1975, pp. 82 & 84.
Size:	9 1/2 X 6 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Drawn on late nineteenth century bristol board and with full margins. Contains matte burning in the extreme margins from its initial framing, Else in fine condition throughout without a trace of fading or foxing. Signed by Charles Edmund Brock with his 'C. E. B.' monogramme in the lower left corner.
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