Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-94)
Naval Review off Spithead on 23 April 1856 dated 1856
Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic over pencil and pen and ink, on grey paper | 25.0 x 45.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 920312
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A watercolour view of the naval review held at Spithead on the return of the fleet at the end of the Crimea War.
Described by Ruskin as a ‘brilliant’ naval artist, Brierly was frequently commissioned to record maritime events for the Queen. This review, here depicted from the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, marked the return of the Navy from the Crimea. Brierly had worked in the Crimea as a war artist for the Illustrated London News.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010Provenance
Commissioned by the Queen for her Souvenir Album; the artist was paid 50gns for this and another view of the same scene on 3 June 1856
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Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic over pencil and pen and ink, on grey paper
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25.0 x 45.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 20312
