Oswald W.B. Brierly : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1816-1883
Oswald W.B. Brierly : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1816-1883
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1816, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1838-1857, 1867-1868, 1870-1872, 1875, 1880-1883
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Formats
Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 11 sketchbooks
Drawings - ca. 729 drawings
Prints - 5 lithographs & 3 chromolithographs
Textual Records - 37 volumes
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 10 pictorial and manuscript collection record series and 78 individual records. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record. ¶Arranged by journey
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Collection records:
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the Wanderer, 1816, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1841-1847
Oswald W.B. Brierly - papers relating to Twofold Bay, 1842-1847
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Maeander, 1842-1844, 1850-1851
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, ca. 1847-1853
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Crime...
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Full title
Oswald W.B. Brierly : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1816-1883
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
Oswald Walters Brierly, marine painter to Queen Victoria and the Royal Yacht Squadron, was born in Chester in 1817. He studied art and naval architecture in London before travelling to Australia in 1842 aboard the Wanderer with Benjamin Boyd. Brierly managed Boyd's whaling and pastoral business, based in Twofold Bay, until its collapse in 1848. Sub...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
Y0KDbWN1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KDbWN1
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Reference code
421760
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