George Frederick Gregory Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1821 - d. 1887

George Frederick Gregory (1821 - 1887) was born in south England and worked as a draughtsman before joining the Royal Navy as a ship's carpenter. He was posted on a brig off East Africa apprehending illegal slave trade ships and served on HMS VICTORY and HMS NELSON. Gregory painted almost exclusively in watercolours and highlights of gouache. He used washes over pencil outlines with a confident brush, though with such as style and medium many of his works have faded. Most of his work consisted of sailing ship profiles, though he did paint some naval battles, shipwrecks, steam ships, fleets and other compositions. Gregory lived in Melbourne bayside suburbs from 1872 until his death in 1887 and painted almost exclusively in Melbourne, Victoria.