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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associate of
Elizabeth Gould
1804
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sue Richter
1949
Artist (Photographer)
child of
John Gould
Other occupation
associate of
Lear
Other occupation
associate of
Hawkins
Other occupation
associate of
Hart
Other occupation
associate of
Wolf
Other occupation
associate of
Robert Austin
1825
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
John Cotton
1801
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Augustus Earle
1793
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
parent of
John Henry Gould
1830
Artist (Draughtsman)
parent of
Pauline Knip
1781
Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Murphy
1829
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Bernhard Smith
1820
Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
John Stokes
1811
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Charles Sturt
1795
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
William Swainson
1789
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Henry Williams
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
James Wilson
1804
Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Elizabeth Gould
1804
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: Gould, John (1862), 'The Birds of Great Britain', England, UK, In five volumes from 1862/1873.>, <ExternalResource: Gould, John (1840), 'The Birds of Australia', England, UK, Another edition in 1848 and a Supplement in 1869. In total, there were 681 hand-coloured lithographs.>, <ExternalResource: Chisholm, A. (1966), ''John Gould' (and bibliography)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G. and Ward, R., Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Gould, J. (1979), 'The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands 1837 38', facsimile edn, Melbourne, Vic. (appendices).>, <ExternalResource: Lambourne, M. (1987), 'John Gould - Bird Man', Milton Keynes.>, <ExternalResource: McEvey, A. (1955), 'Audubon and Gould: A Comparison', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Reeve, L. (ed.) (1864), 'Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art with Biographical Memoirs', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Sauer, G. (1982), 'John Gould the Bird Man: A Chronology and Bibliography', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Bowdler Sharpe, R. (1893), 'An Analytical Index to the Works of the Late John Gould, F.R.S., with a Biographical Memoir and Portrait', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1976), 'John Gould--some unanswered questions', Books and Libraries at the University of Kansas 13/2, USA.>, <ExternalResource: (1938), Emu 38/2 {ADD book on John Gould in Australia}.>, <ExternalResource: McEvey, A. (1973), ''John Gould's contribution to British art: A note on its authenticity' (and bibliography)', Australian Academy of the Humanities Art Monograph, vol. 2, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Gould, John (1862), 'The Birds of Great Britain', England, UK, In five volumes from 1862/1873.>, <ExternalResource: Gould, John (1840), 'The Birds of Australia', England, UK, Another edition in 1848 and a Supplement in 1869. In total, there were 681 hand-coloured lithographs.>]