The Australian Steam Packet Sea Horse on her trial cruise / O. W. Brierly

DG V*/Ships/32

fonds

between 1837 and 1894

Graphic Materials, Prints

9587353

1 print - 29.8 x 45.8 cm - lithograph, colour

Proof impression

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Titled from pencil inscription on verso of lithograph.

In the lithograph the Sea Horse is depicted flying a white flag with two bees. The Sea Horse (or Seahorse) was owned by Benjamin Boyd. According to the book, Benjamin Boyd in Australia (1842-1849)... by H. P. Wellings, Benjamin Boyd had a flag with a white ground and two honey-bees depicted in blue. The two honey-bees represented the initial letters of his name and suggested the industry of the honey-bee. The flag was used to distinguish ownership of a vessel.

References:
Benjamin Boyd in Australia (1842-1849) : shipping magnate, merchant, banker, pastoralist and station owner, member of the Legislative Council, town planner, whaler / by H. P. Wellings. Wellings, H. P. (Henry Percival) : 8th ed.. : 195-?, p. 39
Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/ (accessed 3 January, 2018)
The Library holds another copy of this print at call no. V*/Ships/Sea H/2

Fairland, 45 St. John's Square, after

Inscribed in pencil on verso of lithograph:
The Australian Steam Packet "Sea Horse" on her trial cruise
Lithographed by Fairland, 45 St. John's Square, after O. W. Brierly
Proof impression
Built on the Thames in 1840 for work on the South Australian Coast. In 1843 she broke down off Launceston River & drifted ashore in a gale.
Numbered in pencil on verso of lithograph and on card accompanying print - D1742.
Measurements in pencil top right of print and on card accompanying print - 12 x 18 3/8.
Card accompanying print stamped - The Parker Gallery 2, Albemarie Street London, W.1, and numbered 0/88[?] and 19 1/48[?]

Date based upon artist's active working years.