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W. B. Gould
(Flowers and fruit) 1842
oil on canvas
52.7 × 62.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
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(Flowers and fruit)
1842
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
52.7 × 62.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
W. B. Gould was transported to what European settlers called Van Diemen’s Land in 1827, having been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for stealing clothes. Before his transportation, Gould worked as a draftsman for Rudolf Ackermann, the London publisher and print seller, and also as a ceramics painter in Staffordshire. Gould served his sentence in Hobart, Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur and, between bouts of further run-ins with the law, Gould returned to his art. He was the only early European artist in Van Diemen’s Land to specialise in still-life painting in oils.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Hobart, Tasmania
Inscription
incised in paint l.l.: W Gould / Painter / 1842
Accession Number
2004.180
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
baskets (containers) flowers (plant components) fruit (plant components) grape (berry fruit) peaches (fruits) plums (fruits) tulip (genus) vases