Islands, Torres Straits / sketches by O.W. Brierly
Islands, Torres Straits / sketches by O.W. Brierly
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1848
Call Numbers
PXA 520
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 20.5 x 27 x 1.5 cm. - 1 sketchbook (c. 58 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
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The sketchbook contains coast profiles and scenes of places visited by Brierly from 15th May to 7 July 1848 including Northumberland Group, Percy and Hope Islands, Cape Upstart, Palm Island, Sharp Peak, Cape Tribulation, Cumberland Islands, Gloucester Island, Mount Hinchinbrook, Palm Island, Pentecost Island, and the Whitsunday passage. Includes wa...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Islands, Torres Straits / sketches by O.W. Brierly
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Most pages have several sketches, whilst some sketches are drawn over a double page.
The sketchbook is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature appears on title plate of sketchbook
Microfilm available at CY 2964
Digital order no:Album ID : 824230
Signature / Inscriptions
Title taken from title page
Front endpapers have a non-contemporaneous title plate with text "Torres Straits Sketchings, O.W. Brierly"
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Mitchell Manuscripts, Aug. 1997
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Exhibited in
- Upon a painted ocean. Sir Oswald Brierly
State Library of New South Wales (18 October, 2004 - 6 February, 2005). Applies to: ff. 5, 26-27, 36-37
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 520
Record Identifier
9NaA307Y
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaA307Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421758
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