Earl of Bute 1713-1792 judicious connoisseur but not unpatriotic Bute's Marine Collection Brooking 7 Van de Velde 7 Monamy 6 Stork 5 Scott 3 T Allen 3 Canaletti 2 Paton 2 B.Peters 2 C Van de Velde 2 Vetringa 2 De Vlieger 2 Sale Prices Lot 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 31 63 Painter Scott Scott Monamy Monamy Monamy Scott Monamy Brooking Brooking Brooking Brooking Brooking Brooking Monamy Brooking Monamy £.s.d 2/12/6 2/2/0 2/0/0 2/15/0 1/11/6 5/15/6 3/5/0 3/13/6 4/6/0 7/10/0 7/0/0 5/5/0 11/0/6 4/10/0 3/3/0 7/7/0 Buyer Anderson Sumner --- --- Chatfield Comyns Levy Goldwin --- Levy --- --- Dirmer Anderson --- Young Price Analysis Painter Brooking Monamy Scott Lots 7 6 3 Total 41/4/0 21/8/6 10/10/0 Average 5/17/1 3/11/5 3/10/0 Since the paintings can't be identified, this analysis doesn't mean much. Still, it shows that on March 19th 1796 Brooking's stock stood well above Monamy or Scott. Almost within three weeks of the sale, Laurie & Whittle had trimmed the name off their plate of an engraving after Monamy, inserted the name of Brooking, and published it, on 12th April. The unevenness of the paintings attributed to Monamy is also apparent, since the prices range from the lowest, at £1-11-6, reaching up to 7 guineas, which is well above the £5-15-6 highest price for a Scott.