'Sending on Board the Admiral for Letters at Sea' "Envoi des lettres du bord de l'Amiral en mer"

Oswald Walters Brierly

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O. (Oswald) W. Brierly 'Sending on Board the Admiral for Letters at Sea' "Envoi des lettres du bord de l'Amiral en mer" del. O. W Brierly, shipping by Dutton shows the ships Blenheim, Amphion, St Jean D'acre, Steamer Arrives with Letters, Duke of Wellington. in the centre is a decorative design of 2 flags and crowns "The English and French fleets in the Baltic, 1854 plate impression 14 1/4 x 21 1/2 ins overall approx 18 7/8 x 24 3/4 ins Large hand-colored lithograph is from Oswald Walters Brierly's series The English and French Fleets in the Baltic 1854 made during the year on board H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre (Capt. The Honourable H. Keppel) and other of H.M. Ships". Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-1894) was a marine painter and naval engineer. He joined Captain Henry Keppel's vessel, a man-of-war named HMS St. John d'Acre. Brierly was to illustrate the efforts for the Illustrated London News in a campaign to bring Sweden to join the allies and pressure Russia for peace over Sebastopol. This in effect made Brierly one of the earliest artists commissioned by a newspaper. see my other antique maritime prints . lovely condition, some darkening of margins (probably matt bleed), plate and image within fantastic. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1721424275374

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