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BRIERLY, SIR OSWALD WALTERS (1817-1894) , English marine painter, who came of an old Cheshire family, was born at Chester. He entered Sass's art-school in London, and after studying naval architecture at Plymouth he exhibited some drawings of ships at the Royal Academy
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home at Auckland-for ten years. Brierly Point is called after him. He added to his sea experiences by voyages on H.M.S. " Rattlesnake " in 1848, and with Sir Henry
series of lithographs illustrating " The English and French fleets in the Baltic." He was now taken up by Queen Victoria and other members of the royal family, and was attached to the suites of the duke of Edinburgh and the prince of Wales on their tours by sea, the results being seen in further marine pictures by him; and in 1874 he was made marine-painter to the queen. He exhibited at the Academy
Retreat of the Spanish Armada" (1871) and " The Loss of the Revenge " (1877). In 1885 he was knighted, and he died on the 14th of December 1894. He was twice married and had an active and prosperous life, but was no great
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