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421783
  • Title
    Sketches in the South Seas, 1850 / O.W. Brierly
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 525
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1850
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421783
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 sketchbook (ca. 43 drawings) - 13.7 x 19.3 x 1.8 cm. - pencil, wash
  • Scope and Content
    Sketchbook contains illustrations composed by Brierly during voyages in the South Seas including Auckland, San Blas, Tapai, Tahiti, Gallao, and Papetee. Many drawings are of sea faring vessels.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales<br>
  • General note

    Some pages of the sketchbook are blank, some drawings are unfinished, and some have explanatory notes.
    The sketchbook is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
    A paper manufacturers label is affixed to p.i (reverse of front endpaper), "Roberson & Co. / 51, Long Acre, / London".
    The sketchbook bears two [auction?] labels, "10" at front, and "50" at back
    D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside cover.
    "D.S. Mitchell" signature appears on p.i.

    Microfilm - CY 104 (PXA 525)
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1045953
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    "Naro Papaian, Paea, 1850 Papeeteo[?]" at back of volume.
    "O. Brierly" signature appears on page 2
    Sketchbook is titled and signed on plate situated on front endpaper
    Some drawings are titled and dated
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