BRABAZON, HERCULES BRABAZON English water colour painter, born in Paris, Nov. 27, 1821. He was the younger son of Hercules Sharpe, and succeeded his elder brother in the Brabazon estates, County Mayo, Ireland; under the will of his uncle, Sir William, he adopted the name of Brabazon. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity college, Cambridge. He studied painting by copying English water colours; and his early work shows the influence of Muller, Cox and De Wint. Brabazon's later work approached the style of Turner, with an even freer use of body colour. He executed many sketches on his travels in Italy, France, Switzerland and Egypt. An amateur in his art and a country gentleman, he was with difficulty persuaded to exhibit or sell his work. However, in 1891, in his loth year, he showed at the New English Art Club and was elected a member; after this success he exhibited regularly. He died on May 15, 1906, in his home at Battle, Sussex. Two memorial exhibitions of his work were held at the Goupil gallery, London, in 1906 and 1909. The Tate gallery, the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, possess excellent examples of his work.