[Oswald W.B. Brierly : sketches in the Louisiade Archipelago during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. R...
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : sketches in the Louisiade Archipelago during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. R...
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : sketches in the Louisiade Archipelago during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1849]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1849
Call Numbers
PXD 74
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 38 x 60.5 cm. or smaller - ca. 90 drawings (pencil - wash - watercolour)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
There are several drawings of Indigenous people and diagrams detailing dimensions and methods of indigenous canoe construction
Nos. 1-24
1. Glass Houses Moreton Bay, May 25 [18]49; [sailing ship with Glasshouse Mountains in background]; Glass Houses from the sea Louisiade [3 sketches on one sheet of paper]
2. Torres [Strait Island]
3....
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Oswald W.B. Brierly : sketches in the Louisiade Archipelago during the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1849]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824101...
Signature / Inscriptions
No.48 bears the initials ""J.B.""
Most drawings are titled and dated below image.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
The sketches feature places visited by the H.M.S. Rattlesnake including the Glasshouse Mountains, Torres Strait Island, the Louisiade Archipelago, and Chaumont, Joannet, Pig, and Rossel Islands.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 74
Record Identifier
n7oVZBZn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVZBZn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421773
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