William Gosling Moore

Also known as W. G. Moore
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sydney-based sketcher, auctioneer and proprietor of a furnishing shop. In 1849 he exhibited at the Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia.
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sketcher, was an auctioneer at 241 Pitt Street, Sydney, in 1844-45. By 1849 he was proprietor of a successful furnishing shop. He seems to have been the W.G. Moore who drew and exhibited Moonlight Scene at the second exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia that year, which was called 'a very clever drawing in coloured chalks, nicely toned, with great freedom of handling, and very characteristic’.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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Other occupations
  • Shop proprietor
  • Auctioneer (ANZSIC code: 3800)
  • Shop proprietor
  • Auctioneer