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for the enamelling of china in colours by a process which he had devised. The articles produced were ornamented with subjects chiefly from
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is that by Brooks, dated June 1740. Between 1741 and 1746 Brooks produced at Dublin mezzotinto portraits and engravings.
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Brooks stayed in London as an engraver and enameller of china. Some of his pupils of Brooks worked as engravers in
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Brooks' first known work was executed in line-engraving at Dublin in 1730. The earliest engraved portrait of
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