Claim: James Bromley, who is known for his portraits of Duchess of Kent and the Earl of Carlisle, retired from his art in 1838 to live with his son.
Evidence: Little is known respecting his life. Among his best plates may be enumerated portraits of the Duchess of Kent, after George Hayter; John, Earl Russell, after Hayter; and the Earl of Carlisle, when Lord Morpeth, after Thomas Heathfield Carrick; 'Falstaff,' after Henry Liverseege; and 'La Zingarella,' after Octavius Oakley. He died on 12 December 1838.