SHIPWRECK ON A ROCKY COAST WITH FIGURES, 1840

Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional
Melbourne
8 December 2021
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WILLIAM BUELOW GOULD

(1803 - 1853)
SHIPWRECK ON A ROCKY COAST WITH FIGURES, 1840

oil on canvas

60.0 x 69.5 cm

signed, dated and inscribed lower right: W. B Gould. Pinxt / 1840

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $12,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 66 - 8 December 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Adelaide, by 1976
Thence by descent
Private collection, Adelaide

Related works

Sailing ships off a rocky coast, 1840, oil on canvas on board, 64.0 x 80.0 cm, illus. in Thomas, D., Outlines of Australian Art: The Joseph Brown Collection, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1989 edition, cat. 23 (illus.)