Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook

BRIERLY, Sir Oswald Walter 1817–1894

BRIERLY, Sir Oswald Walter 1817–1894

Was probably artist on H.M.S. Leander when the ship called in at Wellington in May 1850. Charlotte Godley wrote of the beautiful sketches made by ‘Mr Brierly’ at Norfolk Is, New Guinea, Hobart Town ‘and other places’.