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The painting shows a view of the ship Dryade on her passage from Sydney, New South Wales to London, as she appeared on 22nd May 1836, surrounded by icebergs. It is taken from a sketch made at the time, and painted for Benjamin Burdekin, one of the passengers.
Benjamin Burdekin was the brother of Thomas Burdekin an ironmaster from Sheffield, Derbyshire, who settled in Sydney in 1826 and after whose wife the Burdekin River was named and whose son Sydney Burdekin was Major of Sydney in 1890.
Sold together with a print of Benjamin Burdekin, the passenger on the Dryade who commissioned the picture of the ship on his return to London. He settled back in England and founded the firm of Benson Berdekin, Solicitors, in Sheffield, Derbyshire.
Benjamin Burdekin was the brother of Thomas Burdekin an ironmaster from Sheffield, Derbyshire, who settled in Sydney in 1826 and after whose wife the Burdekin River was named and whose son Sydney Burdekin was Major of Sydney in 1890.
Sold together with a print of Benjamin Burdekin, the passenger on the Dryade who commissioned the picture of the ship on his return to London. He settled back in England and founded the firm of Benson Berdekin, Solicitors, in Sheffield, Derbyshire.