William Buelow Gould, 1803-1853 has 105 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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William Buelow Gould, 1803-1853, Britain, Australia.

William Buelow Gould, born in Liverpool, the son of a Mersey River boatman, was convicted of theft on 8 January, 1827 and sentenced to seven years penal servitude in Van Diemen's Land. During this period Gould was assigned as a house servant to the Colonial Surgeon, Dr. James Scott, who was a dedicated amateur naturalist. Gould painted for him, with great delicacy and accuracy the native specimens collected in the bushland around Hobart. He produced a similar body of work for Dr. William de Lette at the Macquarie Harbour Settlement from September 1832 to July 1833. The Hobart Courier and local botanists extolled his talents as. 'capital delineation' . These skills were in part, a legacy of Gould's early apprenticeship to lithographer and draughtsman Rudolph Ackermann of the Strand. Until recently Gould's reputation as a Colonial artist has been tied to his later 'flower' and 'game' pictures which he produced in order to eak out a meagre living to support his wife and six children after receiving his pardon in 1835.

Top Five Sale Prices

Still Life with Pheasant, oil on canvas, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 16/04/85

Two Albums, mainly watercolours, some signed, various sizes, Price $****, Christies, Melbourne, 28/04/92

Still Life Flowers, oil on canvas, signed W. B. Gould lower right, 54 x 43.5 cm, Price $****, Mossgreen Auctions, Hobart, 15/10/06

Still Life with Fruit and Flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 'W. B. Gould Painter', 60 x 72 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/04/92

Still Life Flowers and Fruit, 1851, oil on canvas on board, signed 'Painted from Nature by W. B. Gould' and dated lower left, 60 x 72 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 19/07/92

The table below shows the number of works of art by William Buelow Gould offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.

Medium Offered Sold

Paintings 94 62

Works on Paper 11 9

The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 345,000 works by more than 12,100 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available.
The information is used Access to the database is available on either a monthly subscription for $Au30.00 or annual subscription for $Au170.00. During the subscription period you have unlimited access to the site. If you would like to subscribe, please click here for our Secure Subscription Form
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William Buelow Gould, 1803-1853, Britain, Australia.
William Buelow Gould, born in Liverpool, the son of a Mersey River boatman, was convicted of theft on 8 January, 1827 and sentenced to seven years penal servitude in Van Diemen's Land. During this period Gould was assigned as a house servant to the Colonial Surgeon, Dr. James Scott, who was a dedicated amateur naturalist. Gould painted for him, with great delicacy and accuracy the native specimens collected in the bushland around Hobart. He produced a similar body of work for Dr. William de Lette at the Macquarie Harbour Settlement from September 1832 to July 1833. The Hobart Courier and local botanists extolled his talents as. 'capital delineation' . These skills were in part, a legacy of Gould's early apprenticeship to lithographer and draughtsman Rudolph Ackermann of the Strand. Until recently Gould's reputation as a Colonial artist has been tied to his later 'flower' and 'game' pictures which he produced in order to eak out a meagre living to support his wife and six children after receiving his pardon in 1835.
Top Five Sale Prices
Still Life with Pheasant, oil on canvas, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 16/04/85
Two Albums, mainly watercolours, some signed, various sizes, Price $****, Christies, Melbourne, 28/04/92
Still Life Flowers, oil on canvas, signed W. B. Gould lower right, 54 x 43.5 cm, Price $****, Mossgreen Auctions, Hobart, 15/10/06
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 'W. B. Gould Painter', 60 x 72 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/04/92
Still Life Flowers and Fruit, 1851, oil on canvas on board, signed 'Painted from Nature by W. B. Gould' and dated lower left, 60 x 72 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 19/07/92
The table below shows the number of works of art by William Buelow Gould offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.
Medium	Offered	Sold
Paintings	94	62
Works on Paper	11	9
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 345,000 works by more than 12,100 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available. The information is used Access to the database is available on either a monthly subscription for $Au30.00 or annual subscription for $Au170.00. During the subscription period you have unlimited access to the site. If you would like to subscribe, please click here for our Secure Subscription Form Please note we do not buy, sell, appraise or value works of art, but offer an information resource used by auction houses, collectors, commercial galleries, valuers, researchers and consultants.