Commander James Fitzjames, RN, wrote in a letter to his sister-in-law Elizabeth Coningham (neé Meyrick) that Graham Gore “draws sometimes very well, sometimes very badly” (Potter, Russell et al. (2023, ed.): May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth, p. 190).
We encourage you to view his art for yourself, and come to your own conclusions.
There are several pieces that we do not yet have permission to share. Those that can be viewed online have hyperlinks provided.
Here you can find blog posts or other relevant content as it is added.
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![pencil sketch on cardboard, depicting a sail boat near Betlem Castle, a stone building with a tower, signed G. Gore April 1827]()
Gore, Graham (1827): Belem Castle
pencil sketch
Source: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (UK). Object ID BTL/1/2/2/13 -
![engraving, depicting a sail boat near the coatsline of Magnetic Island with sea gulls flying overhead, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): North West part of Magnetical Island
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 1). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 338 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, depicting a rowboat in flat water, the coatline barely visble in the background and with seagulls flying overhead, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): Entrance of Van Diemen's Inlet
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 262 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, depicting a rowboat in the Flinders River, framed by trees and a crain made of twigs, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): Burial Reach, Flinders River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 295 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, depicting the Albert River, with several men makking a fire at the shore, their rowboat nearby and another floating on the river, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): Upward view of Hope Reach, Albert River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 312 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, depicting a rowboat in the Albert River, framed by trees, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): South Branch of the Albert River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 1). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 1 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, three men staring at the flat plains in the background, two more men trying to climb the nearby trees, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): First View of the Plains of Promise, Albert River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 316 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![engraving, depicting two men looking at the flat plains in the background, framed by trees, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): Last View of the Plains of Promise, Albert River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 317 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![oil on canvas, engraving, depicting a rowboat in the Flinders River, framed by trees and a crain made of twigs]()
oil on canvas (c. 1842/post 1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-1843): Burial Reach, Flinders River
oil on canvas
Source: National Library of Australia, Canberra. Object ID 347849 (PDM 1.0) -
![engraving, depicting a sail ship anchoring at Kupang, with several houses visible in the background, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1842-43): Coepang, from the Anchorage
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 187 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![ink sketch, depicting a sail ship near the shore of the Bass Strait, with two men working at shore]()
Gore, Graham (c. 1843): The 'Beagle' in the Bass Straits
ink sketch
Source: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (UK). Object ID PAH0067 (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) -
![engraving, depicting four men capturing an alligator at the shore of Victoria River, a fifth man aiming a rifle at the alligator while a sixth one fatally stabs it, with three moutains visible in the background near the river, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1843): Killing an Alligator, Victoria River
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 55 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![ink sketch, depicting a sail ship anchored in a Bay, another ship visible at a peer in the background]()
Gore, Graham (c. 1843): The 'Beagle' at Anchor under Circular Head
ink sketch
Source: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (UK). Object ID PAH0068 (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) -
![engraving, depicting a sail ship, waves breaking at the rocks of Vancouver Reef nearby, signed G. Gore del.]()
engraving (1846) after Gore, Graham (c. 1843): Passing between Bald Head & Vancouver Reef
engraving, based on sketch
Source: Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone, p. 225 (PDM 1.0; via Archive.org, accessed on May 7, 2025) -
![pencil sketch, depicting the St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, framed by a fence and a single person standing nearby]()
Gore, Graham (1845): Kirkwall Cathedral
pencil sketch
Source: © National Trust. Dunham Massey (UK) / Robert Thrift. Object ID NT 936429 -
![ink sketch, depicting the St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, framed by a single fence to the right, commented with Kirkwall Cathedral from a sketch by Gore]()
Stanley, Owen (1845) after Gore, Graham (1845): Kirkwall Cathedral
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![ink and watercolor sketch, depicting a sail ship at the open sea, three more ships visible in the background, signed G. Gore]()
Gore, Graham (1845): HMS Erebus, 22 May 1845, 3AM, off 'Aldborough'
ink and watercolor sketch
Source: © Scott Polar Research Institute. Polar Museum, Cambridge (UK). Object ID N.1533 -
![ink and watercolor sketch, depicting two sail ships at the open sea, signed G. Gore]()
Gore, Graham (1845): Blazer taking HMS Erebus in tow, 31 May 1845, 6PM
ink and watercolor sketch
Source: © Scott Polar Research Institute. Polar Museum, Cambridge (UK). Object ID N.1534
From Australia with love? An introduction to the art pieces drawn aboard HMS Beagle by Gore (and those he possibly didn’t).
oil on canvas (c. 1842/post 1846), after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-43): Burial Reach, Flinders River
Source: National Library of Australia, Canberra. Object ID 347849 (PDM 1.0)