# Ronald Sutherland Gower artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:56:35.960Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Sculpture, Lithography

## Portrait

![Ronald Sutherland Gower](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lord_Ronald_Sutherland_Gower_by_Henry_Scott_%28%27Harry%27%29_Tuke.jpg/1280px-Lord_Ronald_Sutherland_Gower_by_Henry_Scott_%28%27Harry%27%29_Tuke.jpg)
Henry Scott Tuke · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_Ronald_Sutherland_Gower_by_Henry_Scott_(%27Harry%27)_Tuke.jpg

## About Ronald Sutherland Gower

Ronald Sutherland Gower (1845–1916), commonly styled Lord Ronald Gower, was a British sculptor, lithographer, writer and Liberal politician. Authority records preserve several forms of his name, including Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, which is important when matching artworks, publications and auction records. His best-known public sculpture is the Shakespeare statue in Stratford-upon-Avon. His wider documented activity included lithography and biographical writing on historical figures such as Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc. Collectors may therefore encounter Gower through both fine-art and bibliographic material rather than through a single uniform body of work. The available institutional identity records establish his dates and artistic roles, but the collected evidence does not securely associate him with a named movement or provide a detailed chronology of his sculptural production. Individual objects should consequently be assessed through their inscriptions, medium, subject and documented history rather than through broad stylistic labels alone.

## Common works and media

The most securely documented work types are sculpture and lithography. His recognized public work includes a Shakespeare statue in Stratford-upon-Avon, making literary and commemorative subjects relevant when reviewing possible works. Books and other bibliographic material may also carry his name because he was an author, but such material should not be conflated with his fine-art output. The source pack does not establish specific editions, casting histories or recurring series.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming both the object category and the artist identity. Gower is documented as a sculptor and lithographer, so sculptural works should be compared with relevant sculpture records and lithographs with comparable prints rather than pooling unlike objects. His many authorized name forms also make careful catalogue and signature matching important. The public Appraisily artist page supplies auction-record context where available, including sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots. Those records are evidence for comparison, not price guarantees. The present source pack lacks object-level auction-house descriptions, so conclusions about a particular cast, edition, material, condition, provenance or market direction require additional work-specific documentation.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots. Record coverage varies, and conclusions about an individual work require object-specific evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/9973706/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1242682
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026269
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Ronald_Gower
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ronald-sutherland-gower/