41. Queens Town

Oswald W.B. Brierly : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1816-1883

Includes illustrations of seascapes and landscapes composed during the voyage of the Wanderer to Australia, via South America, from England. 
1a. [Boat with landscape]
1b. 31 December 1833 [sailing ship]
2a. [Sailing ship in rough sea]
2b. H.M.S. Victory in a heavy sea after a gale at sea 1837
3a. See ....? [Cloud study. Watercolour]
3b. Cloud Shadows on Land. Land seen from auelu...? Low Island. 13 Jul 1840 [with notes]
4a. [Cloud study]
4b. 2.20 PM 4 Augt 1840. Lying from lee Isle Duperrey. [sailing ship] 
5a. Plymo [i.e. Plymouth] Breakwater 2nd Decr. 1841 [with pencil notes]
5b. [Boats. Pencil sketch and watercolour]
6. Pyne [?] comes into Plymouth Sound
7. The Curral Decr. 24th 1841
8. Barn Pool [sea & landscapes]
9. Mewstone dist 3 miles
10. Cape Town from the Bay [with notes]
11a. East End of Teneriffe Decr. 31st 1841 [with notes]
11b. Santa Cruz bearing W 1/2 S. Land mixed up with clouds
12. The Island of Sal, at 5.15 P.M. Sunday Jany 9th [or 7th] 1842 Dis about 12 miles - Main Point bearing S 3/4 W. [with notes]
13a. The Sugar Loaf from the Feb. 4th 1842
13b. [Sailing ship]
14. Island of Tristan d'Acunha [i.e. Tristan da Cunha] Morning of the 17th March 1842
15. Tristan d'Acunha [i.e. Tristan da Cunha. Sailing ship in stormy sea]
16a. Somerset Town Tristan d Acunha [i.e. Tristan da Cunha]
16b. [Landscape with figures in foreground. Unfinished pencil sketch]
17. Tristan d'Acunha North Side of the Island [with notes]
18. Wanderer rounding the Cape Monday April 4th 1842 [with notes]
19. False Bay April 4th 1842 [with notes]
20. Primitive Australia. The Kiah Mount Imlay. May 1st 1842
21. May 11th 1842 [Dolphins in storm]
22a. Plan accepted on Board The Wanderer spare topsail set as a fore sail - May 19th 1842 [showing mast, sails, and rigging]
22b. [Mast of ship]
23. Awaiting ourselves of a fine day to dry sails - Friday May 20 1842 [with nautical position]
24a. S.W. Point of Teneriffe
24b. [Landscape with rocks in foreground]
25a. North P W & by N
25b. Off Teneriffe [sailing ships and boats]
26a. Raza Island at 2.30 [with notes]
26b. [Landscapes]
27. Lord Hood's nose on Gabia to Lee Blunt 554
28. Sugar Loaf at 12.30 bearing NW 1/2 N Dis in about 7 Leagues. Entrance of the .... / Raza Island and Ld [i.e. Lord] Hood's nose NW by W 1/2 W
29. Porto Santa Bearing SW & by S Dis 20 miles
30. St Jago
31. Cape Frii [i.e. Frio] Dis 10 miles
32. Cape Frii at b Pole [with extensive notes]
33a. Entrance to Rio
33b. From Nytheroy to the city about 5 years [sailing ships]
34a. Land Bearing N. Wed Feb 3 1841 at the entrance of Rio
34b. [Landscapes - unfinished]
35. Beam Voyage [3 landscapes with colour notes]
36. Curious Schooner in Rio Harbour
37a. Entrance to inner Harbour [with notes]
37b. [Sailing ships]
38. Decr. 26th 1849 [in pencil]. Village of Camera De Lobos - or Chamber of the Seals. District of Camera de Lobos [in pen]. 
39. High land of Mayo at 7.30 bore S.E. just visible
40a. Showers in Lat 25-47-S Lon 30.28-W
40b. [Sailing ship]
41. Queens Town
42. Ryde Oct 5th/[18]41 [Sailing ships]
43-44, 46. [Sailing ships. On reverse of sketches are journal entries respectively dated 13th, 14th, & 19th Oct.]
45. Lugger at anchor in the weather tide see sketch [entry for 17th Oct on reverse]
47. Wanderer in the Channel - Night of 22nd Octr. [18]41
48. Brillania - rung up channel 25th Octr. 1841 [text dated Monday 25th on reverse]
49. [Sailing ship. Journal entry for Sept. 28th on reverse]
50. Preparing to start [Journal entry for 30th Sept. on reverse]
51-52. [Sailing ships. Text on reverse]
53. Lymington[?] Creek [Journal entry for Wednesday 20th on reverse]
54. Positions of Cutters .... [Journal entry for Saturday 25th on reverse]
55. Fox mart ought to Bend for d [i.e. forward]. Wanderer at 5 PM Taking in a sea over the ....
56. Pacquita. Boat in which our horses were taken from Rio to Piedade[?] [Text on reverse]
57. [Buildings]
58a. [Cloud study]
58b. [Mountain range with colour notes. Pencil sketch]
59. [Coastal view]
60a. [Cloud study]
60b. Principle [Building beside water]
61. [Mountains with colour notes]
62. N by W 1/2 W [Landscape]
63. [View of island with colour notes]
64a. [Town view]
64b. [Man seated - unfinished sketch]
65a. [Island]
65b. VESIA [or Vesta. Rough sketch of ship]
66. [Pathway view in park]
67. 6.30 The sun settling at this moment reflecting .... [unfinished sketches of mountains and sailing ship]
68a & 69. [Landscape with notes]
68b. [Sailing ships - unfinished sketches]
70. Lat. Lon. March 8th N by E [Cloud study]
71. Took reefs out [Sailing ship]
72. [Cloud study]
73. [Island landscape with notes]
74a. [Town views]
74b. [Sailing ships]
75a-b. [Town Views with notes]
76a. Harbour [view of town and ships]
76b. Short account of trial [Sailing ships - unfinished sketch]
77a. [Landscape]
77b. Holland[?] at Gulch Knox's folly .... Have not had a death for 21 years [landscape and ship - unfinished sketches]
78. Devils Peak 3315 feet
79. [Landscape with notes]
80a. [Sketches of houses, various modes of transport, and ships]
80b. Neptunes cup from pt de Jalle (? Ceylon). Majambo Bay [rough sketches of fish, cups, and water]
81a-b. [Landscapes] 
82a. [Town view]
82b-c. [Sailing ships - unfinished sketches]

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