Twofold Bay, Victoria, after a painting by Oswald Brierly. Australia c1874.

by Booth, Edwin Carton

Lovely antique print of Twofold Bay with a sailing ship, at Eden on the south coast of NewSouth Wales, near the Victoria border.

Fine original steel engraving by Arthur Willmore (1814-1888), after a sketch ofthe view by Oswald Brierly (1817-1894) for Edwin Carton Booth's"Australia, Illustrated, with Drawings by Skinner Prout, Chevalier,Armytage and others" published in England circa 1874 by Virtue & Co.  O.W. Brierly was a marine painter, and son ofDr Thomas Brierly, an amateur artist. Oswald studied at the art school of HenrySass, Bloomsbury Street, London, and exhibited drawings of two men-of-war, Pique and Gorgon,at the Royal Academy in 1839. He also studied naval architecture. Hisinterest in ships led to Benjamin Boyd of the Royal Yacht Squadron invitingBrierly on the yacht Wanderer on a voyage to Australia. They arrivedat Sydney in July 1842.

In New South Wales Brierly acted as manager of Boyd's pastoral and whalingbusiness, and lived at Twofold Bay, where he was appointed a magistrate. In1848, when Boyd's affairs were approaching bankruptcy, Brierly accepted theinvitation of Captain Owen Stanley to be his guest on H.M.S. Rattlesnake on a survey of the Barrier Reef, theLouisiade Archipelago and part of the New Guinea coastline.

This antique print hasfine hand-colour, and is in good condition, with ample borders outside the image area, as published. The size of the page containing thisimage is 15cm x 20cm (6 x 8 inches).