Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-1894)

Brierly was probably the most travelled of professional painters during the Victorian era, taking part in many voyages and recording scientific and historical subjects. He even came to New Zealand for a short time.

Brierly was commissioned to paint intermittently for Queen Victoria and her elder sons over thirty years from 1856, and accompanied the royal family on holidays abroad. He went with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, on a two-month tour of Egypt and recorded his visit to the temple of Karnak.