Oswald W.B. Brierly : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1816-1883

fonds

ca. 1816, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1838-1857, 1867-1868, 1870-1872, 1875, 1880-1883

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints

421760

11 sketchbooks
Approx. 729 drawings
5 prints - lithographs
3 prints - chromolithographs
37 volumes of textual material

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. Subsequently, Brierly travelled on various navigational voyages (including the H.M.S. Rattlesnake and H.M.S. Maeander), and as a war artist of naval operations during the Crimean War. He was also offical artist to the Duke of Edinburgh during his voyages on the H.M.S. Galatea
This collection is significant for its depiction of Australian Aboriginal and Pacific Islander maritime technologies, the nineteenth century whaling industry in Australia, settlement of Twofold Bay, and representations of the various flora and fauna encountered during explorations of the South Pacific -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.3, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1969

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 - Crimean War, 1854-1855
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Galatea, ca. 1867-1868
Miscellaneous records:
Oswald W.B. Brierly : studies of sailing ships, ca. 1838-1857, 1870-1883
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Miscellaneous notes mainly on Louisiade Archipelago and Tahiti, ca. 1841-1843, 1849-1850
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Miscellaneous notes, ca. 1848-1850
Oswald W.B. Brierly - General shippping notes H.M.S. Rattlesnake 1849-1850, H.M.S. Maeander 1850-1851

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