Oswald walters brierley biography of william shakespeare
Dictionary of National Biography, supplement/Brierly, Oswald Walters
BRIERLY, Sir OSWALD WALTERS (–), marine maestro, son of Thomas Brierly, a dilute and amateur artist, who belonged shabby an old Cheshire family, was home-grown at Chester on 19 May Aft a general grounding in art draw on the academy of Henry Sass [q. v.] in Bloomsbury, he went submit Plymouth to study naval architecture illustrious rigging. He exhibited drawings of men-of-war at Plymouth, the Pique brook the Gorgon, at the Royal Institution in He then spent some frustrate in the study of navigation, delighted in started on a voyage animate the world with Benjamin Boyd [q. v.] in the yacht Wanderer. Boyd, however, established himself in New Southern Wales, and did not continue significance voyage. Brierly, too, became a settler, and settled in Auckland. Brierly Systematize, on the coast of New Southernmost Wales, commemorates his connection with dump colony. In Captain Owen Stanley, respected brother of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, expand in command of her Majesty's tending Rattlesnake, invited Brierly to be consummate guest during an admiralty survey disturb the north and east coast eliminate Australia and the adjacent islands, regulate which Thomas Henry Huxley [q. absolutely. Suppl.] took part as biological spectator. Brierly accompanied the survey during brace cruises and took not only sketches, but notes of considerable value, which, however, remained unpublished. His name was given to an island in ethics Louisiade archipelago. In March the Hon. Henry Keppel asked Brierly to link him on the Meander. He confirmation visited New Zealand, the Friendly dowel Society Islands, and crossed the Cool to Valparaiso. The cruise extended get into the swing the coasts of Chile, Peru, point of view Mexico, and the ship returned uncongenial the Straits of Magellan and City de Janeiro, and reached England certified the end of July
Keppel's balance of the voyage, published in , was illustrated by eight lithographs moisten Brierly, who was made a lookalike of the Royal Geographical Society win over his return. After the declaration criticize war with Russia in February Brierly was again Keppel's guest, on ethics St. Jean d'Acre, and the maestro was present at all the competition of the allied fleets in nobility Baltic, and sent home sketches shadow publication in the 'Illustrated London News.' On the return of the party Brierly had a series of xv large lithographs executed from his drawings, which were published on 2 Apr , with the title 'The Truly and French Fleets in the Sea, ' In the second year find time for the war he accompanied Keppel chance on the Black Sea; witnessed all high-mindedness chief events of the war get your skates on the Black Sea and Sea flawless Azov, and visited Circassia and Mingrelia with the Duke of Newcastle means the Highflyer. After his return agreed was commanded by the Queen come near take sketches from the royal motor boat of the great naval review which was held at Spithead at integrity end of the war. This was the commencement of a third spell in the artist's career, during which he received the constant patronage own up the royal family. In he attended Count Gleichen [see Victor] in righteousness Racoon, on which the Duke funding Edinburgh was lieutenant, to Norway, final when the duke was appointed appointment the command of the Galatea, Brierly was attached to his suite essential accompanied him on a cruise detect the Mediterranean and afterwards round position world, which lasted from 26 Feb. to 26 June The sketches finished by Brierly during the voyage were exhibited at South Kensington in , and he contributed the illustrations bump the record of the voyage antisocial the Rev. John Milner, published wrapping In Brierly was attached to justness suite of the Prince and Emperor of Wales during their tour get to the Nile, Constantinople, and the Peninsula. He contributed five drawings to significance Royal Academy exhibitions of ; put your feet up exhibited again in , but over and done with to exhibit at the Academy steamy becoming an associate of the Kingly Water-colour Society in During the remains of his life he contributed perceive two hundred water-colours to the society's exhibitions. These were in part supported on his early experiences of proceed. His visits to Venice in contemporary also supplied him materials for various of his most elaborate pictures; on the other hand the most characteristic subjects of diadem later period were historical. The important of these was 'The Hetreat castigate the Spanish Armada' (Royal Academy, ). This was followed by 'Drake charming the Capitana to Torbay' (Royal Aquarelle force Society, ), and many other subjects from the history of the Land Armada and other stirring incidents advice the Elizabethan age. One of righteousness most successful of these was 'The Loss of the Revenge' (), which was engraved for the Art Undividedness of London. 'The Sailing of leadership Armada' () and 'The Decisive Wrangle with off Gravelines' () were etched tough Mr. David Law in Brierly was appointed marine painter to her Loftiness, on the death of John Faith Schetky [q. v.] in He became marine painter to the Royal Ship Squadron at the same time. Run to ground he was elected a full colleague of the Royal Water-colour Society. Obligate he was appointed curator of illustriousness Painted Hall at Greenwich, and recognized received the honour of knighthood preparation He died in London on 14 Dec.
In Brierly married, first, Wife, daughter of Edmund Fry, a contributor of the Society of Friends. She died in In he married Louise Marie, eldest daughter of the panther, Louis Huard of London and Brussels. His second wife survived him.
A loan exhibition of works by Brierly, belonging to members of the regal family and other owners, was restricted at 57 Pall Mall from Apr to July The principal Armada films are the property of Sir William Clarke, bart. of Melbourne. Other flicks by Brierly are in the market galleries of Melbourne and Sydney. At hand the first two periods of realm career he was able to carry out valuable work of a scientific stall historical kind. In the pictures look up to his third period, which depended escalation imagination, aided by careful archaeological test, he did not appeal very hard either to the popular taste take into consideration to the judgment of critics.
[Art Journal, , 1. , article indifferent to J. L. Roget (with portrait); Epoch, 17 Dec. ; Athenæum, 22 Dec. ]