Elizabeth Gould b. 1804

Also known as Eliza Gould, Elizabeth Coxen, née Coxen Elizabeth Gould
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
After she asked who would draw the plates on stone, her husband answered 'Why, you, of course!' Thus began a large series of hand-coloured lithographs drawn by Elizabeth Gould for John Gould's ornithological works and she now stands as the first lady of Australian bird painting and lithography.

Citations

  • McEvey, Allan (1992), 'Elizabeth Gould’, The Dictionary of Australian Artists, ed. Joan Kerr, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Chisholm, A.H. (1966), 'John Gould’ and 'Elizabeth Gould’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Clayton, Ellen C. (1876), 'English Female Artists’, London, Tinsley Brothers, vol.1, p.403.

  • Lambourne, M. (1980), 'Introduction’, John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain, London, England.

  • Chisholm, A. (1964), 'Elizabeth Gould: Some “new” letters’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 49.

  • Gould, Elizabeth, 'Letters’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, ms.

  • Chisholm, A.H. (1944), 'The Story of Elizabeth Gould’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Lambourne, M. (1987), 'John Gould—Bird Man’, Milton Keynes.

  • (1881), The Times, 5, 9, 11 Feb.

  • Information sourced from Gould, John.

See also

  • 'Elizabeth Gould with Australian Cockatiel c.1841, oil on canvas by unknown English painter (p.c.)'.
  • '(Heritage biography), ADD section 7, plate 274'.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions