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Title
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Crimean War, 1854-1855
Creator
Oswald W. B. (Oswald Walters B.) Brierly, 1817-1894
Level of description
series
Date

1854-1855
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Watercolours
Reference code
404786
Physical Description
Albums - 1 sketchbook
Textual Records - manuscript, 2 volumes
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Captain Henry Keppel, in his capacity as commander of the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War, appointed Brierly to an observational post onboard the H.M.S. St Jean D'Acre in the Baltic Fleet. In addition, the Illustrated London News commissioned Brierly to make sketches of naval operations. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.3, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1969
Scope and Content
1. O.W. Brierly - Journal kept during the Crimean War, 1854
2. Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal at Sebastopol, Crimea, 1855
3. Anglo-Russian War with the Baltic Fleet, Sketches / O.W. Brierly, 1854
System of arrangement
This collection comprises 3 manuscript and pictorial record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.
Subject
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Naval operations, British.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.

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