Sketches on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake made during the coastal survey of the passage between the G...
Sketches on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake made during the coastal survey of the passage between the G...
Sketches on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake made during the coastal survey of the passage between the Great Barrier Reef and the east coast of Australia, ca. 1848 / Oswald W. B. Brierly
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1848
Call Numbers
PX*D 81
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 40 x 38.2 cm. or smaller - 98 drawings (pencil - ink - watercolour)
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
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The sketches are of coastal and seascape profiles and feature places visited by the H.M.S. Rattlesnake whilst sailing along the east coast of Australia. These include: Albany, Caincross, Dunk, Fitzroy, Forbes, Hope, Lizard, and Low Islands.
Volume 1 (Nos. 1-25b)
1. H.M.S. Rattlesnake starting for the survey of the inner passage of Tor... [To...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sketches on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake made during the coastal survey of the passage between the Great Barrier Reef and the east coast of Australia, ca. 1848 / Oswald W. B. Brierly
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824100...
Signature / Inscriptions
Most drawings have a caption or title on the front of the image and are dated.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Exhibited in
- Blighted paradise : colonial visions of Northern Australia
- The Art of exploration
- Upon a painted ocean. Sir Oswald Brierly
Rockhampton Art Gallery (12 October - 25 November, 2001)
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2004 - February, 2005)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PX*D 81
Record Identifier
9AL4D8oY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4D8oY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421793
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