portrait painter

[bumbelina]

Good morning,

The 1830 Pigot's directory has my 3x gr. grandfather John Brothill as a painter

of portraits and ornamentals in Holt, Norfolk.

In a later directory he has become a painter, plasterer and glazier, so probably not so good at portraits!

My question is, how can I find out if he ever painted anything of note?

I did once try 'googling'  Brothill artist, after which my computer needed some
serious repairs!

Any help appreciated

Bumbelina
from New Zealand

[cms]

I think it is fair to say that John Brothill (extraordinary name!) didn't make it as a portrait painter. We have got a lot of reference books on artists of the Victorian period and he doesnt feature, sadly.
I hope someone can give you some better news!
Best wishes
Caroline

[bumbelina]

Hi CMS

Thankyou for that.

He ended up selling artist supplies and (I think) painting pub signs and the like.

It is an extraordinary name, occupational apparantly!

Cheers

Bumbelina