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Oswald Walters Brierly was born in 1817 at Chester, United Kingdom and came of an old Cheshire family.
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"Twofold Bay", by E. C. BOOTH/Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. NSW, Australia - c1874 - old print - antique print - vintage print - art picture prints of Australia
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Antique Print: "Twofold Bay", by E.C. BOOTH/Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. NSW, Australia. Caption below print: 'Twofold Bay'. Type: Antique steel engraved print. Date of printing: c1874. Size: 11.0 x 19.5cm, 4.25 x 7.75 inches (Small), 226 sq cm. Artist, cartographer or engraver: Engraved by A. Willmore; Drawn by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. However, please note: The image shown may have been taken from a different example of this print than that which is offered for sale. The print you will receive is in good condition but there may be minor variations in the condition from that shown in the image. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Provenance: "Australia Illustrated"; By Edwin Carton Booth; Drawing by John Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier, Published by Virtue and Company Limited, London. Subject categories: Australia Ships.
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Oswald Walters Brierly
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He was educated at Sass's art-school in London, and studied naval architecture at Plymouth.
Career
After studying naval architecture at Plymouth he exhibited some drawings of ships at the Royal Academy in 1839. He had a passion for the sea, and in 1841 started round the world with Benjamin Boyd (1796-1851), afterwards well known as a great Australian squatter, in the latter's ship "Wanderer, " and having got to New South Wales, made his home at Auckland for ten years. He added to his sea experiences by voyages on H. M. S. "Rattlesnake" in 1848, and with Sir Henry Keppel on the "Meander" in 1850; he returned to England in 1851 on this ship, and illustrated Keppel's book about his cruise (1853). He was again with Keppel during the Crimean War, and published in 1855 a series of lithographs illustrating "The English and French fleets in the Baltic. " He was now taken up by Queen Victoria and other members of the royal family, and was attached to the suites of the duke of Edinburgh and the prince of Wales on their tours by sea, the results being seen in further marine pictures by him; and in 1874 he was made marine-painter to the queen. He exhibited at the Academy, but more largely at the Royal Water-colour Society, his more important works including the historical pictures, "The Retreat of the Spanish Armada" (1871) and "The Loss of the Revenge" (1877). He died on the 14th of December 1894. He had an active and prosperous life, but was no great artist; his best pictures are at Melbourne and Sydney.
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"Twofold Bay", by E. C. BOOTH/Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. NSW, Australia - c1874 - old print - antique print - vintage print - art picture prints of Australia
(Antique Print: "Twofold Bay", by E.C. BOOTH/Sir Oswald Wa...)
- Classic Art Poster - Photo Reproduction of painting by Oswald W. Brierly: the sailing ship HMS St. George plus a portrait of Prince Alfred, 16" x 20"
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"Twofold Bay", by E. C. BOOTH/Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. NSW, Australia - c1874 - old print - antique print - vintage print - art picture prints of Australia
Membership
He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an associate of the Royal Water-colour Society. In 1880, he was elected a full member of the Royal Water-colour Society.
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He was twice married: first, in 1851 to Sarah, daughter of Edmund Fry and after her death to Louise Marie in 1872. His second wife survived him.
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