George Bouverie Goddard
Illustration — "Lions attacking buffalo" The Illustrated London News • Illustration — "The Struggle for Existence" George Bouverie Goddard (25December 18326March 1886) was a British sporting and animal painter and illustrator. Goddard was born in Salisbury. From age ten, the drawings of this youthful genius were in great demand, even though he had received no formal artistic training, and faced much opposition in choosing art as a profession.
George Bouverie Goddard

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- Born
- 1832 · Salisbury.
- Died
- 1886 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — "Lions attacking buffalo" The Illustrated London News • Illustration — "The Struggle for Existence" George Bouverie Goddard (25December 18326March 1886) was a British sporting and animal painter and illustrator. Goddard was born in Salisbury. From age ten, the drawings of this youthful genius were in great demand, even though he had received no formal artistic training, and faced much opposition in choosing art as a profession.
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Born at Salisbury in 1832, died in London in 1886.
The recorded working language is English. Work by George Bouverie Goddard is recorded in the collections of Walker Art Gallery and Pannett Art Gallery.
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- 1.The late Mr. Bouverie Goddard, Animal Painter. 1887.
- 2.Robert Edmund Graves. Goddard, George Bouverie. 22. 24.
- 3.Stephen Ilchester. Holland House. 1909.
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