[Oswald W.B. Brierly : H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Passage to England, 1849-1853]
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Passage to England, 1849-1853]
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Passage to England, 1849-1853]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1849-1853
Call Numbers
PXA 521
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 37.8 x 20.8 x 2.5 cm. - 1 sketchbook (c. 152 pencil - watercolour drawings)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales<br>
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The sketchbook contains topographical views of coastlines, and landscape and seascape profiles of places visited by the H.M.S. Rattlesnake. The locations include: Darnely Island, Redscar Islands, Duchateau Isles, Mt Warning, and Sydney Heads, then New Zealand, Point Danger, Stanford Cove, and Walker Bay.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Passage to England, 1849-1853]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Many pages are blank.
Some sketches have mathematical notes and calculations for nautical direction and bearing, and remarks about colour
Some drawings have been adhered to back pages of sketchbook
This volume was rebound into new covers at an unknown date.
Microfilm - CY 104 (PXA 521)
Digital order no:Album ID : 1045959
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from inscription on p.29
Sketchbook is unsigned
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Mitchell Manuscripts, Aug. 1997
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 521
Record Identifier
1wN2omxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2omxn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421782
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