John Gould b. 14 September 1804

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
For an artist with no formal training and who had his beginning as a gardener and taxidermist, John Gould produced an enormous quantity of fine hand-coloured illustrations for his ornithological and natural history works. His total output of lithographs numbers well into the hundreds of thousands. Assisted by his wife and employed artists who would transfer his drawings onto lithographic paltes, G
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creator of
The Birds of Australia
Date
Medium
Works on paper
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Illustrated Book
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1350956

London: J. Gould, 2 v.; 25 cm.

 
creator of
An introduction to the mammals of Australia
Date
Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, Australian mammals, Natural History
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2763741

London: J. Gould, (London: Taylor and Francis), xii, 51, 2 p. ; 23 cm

 
creator of
A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains
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  • Publisher
  • Gardener (ANZSIC code: 7313)
  • Curator and preserver (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Publisher
  • Gardener
  • Curator and preserver (ANZSIC code: 6924)