
Painter and cabinet maker
George Brookshaw
The cabinet maker who reinvented himself as a painter of fruit.
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The life
1751–1823Born London, England
George Brookshaw was a successful London cabinet maker who left that trade and returned as a painter and teacher. His Pomona Britannica (1812) is one of the grandest books of fruit ever printed. Our pear card is his.



