Sketchbook of fishes - 20. (Crested) Weed fish - William Buelow Gould, c1832, William Buelow Gould, circa 1832

Sketch 20. (crested) weedfish (cristiceps australis) watercolour on paper sketch from the sketchbook of fishes by van diemonian (tasmanian) artist and convict william buelow gould (1801 - 1853). Produced c1832 as part of a thirty-six image still life sketchbook of fishes while gould was a convict on sarah island at the macquarie harbour penal station. Probably done for dr william de little. Signed by the author "w. B. Gould" below the fish's gills. Actual size 185 x 227 mm. This version is cropped to the main image. Date: circa 1832.