John Gould artwork, 1830-1869.
Collection Number: 4736
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Gould artwork, 1830-1869.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4736
Abstract:
Collection contains loose prints by John Gould.
Creator:
Gould, John, 1804-1881.
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
John Gould, an English zoologist known mainly for his work in ornithology, was born
on September 14, 1804 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Gould published over forty illustrated
volumes on birds and mammals from the 1830s to the 1880s, including A Century of Birds
from the Himalayan Mountains, The Birds of Australia, The Mammals of Australia, and
The Birds of Great Britain. While he often made preliminary sketches, the finished
illustrations were made by other artists, and chief among them was his wife, Elizabeth
Gould, until her death in 1841. Later he worked with Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph
Wolf, and William Matthew Hart. Gould died on February 3, 1881.
Collection contains loose prints by John Gould. Three of the prints were created with
his wife Elizabeth Gould. The birds represented here are the Bohemian Waxwing, Columbian
Fairy (Purple-crowned Fairy), Jourdan's Woodstar (Red-shafted Woodstar), Scops Owl
(Long-eared Owl), Common Wild Duck (Mallards), and the Sparrow Owl.
The John James Audubon artwork, #6721, the Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, #2662 and the Laboratory of Ornithology Artwork collection, 17-2-3522 all contain artwork on deposit from the Laboratory of Ornithology.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Gould artwork, #4736. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Access restricted to permission of the curator.
Subjects:
Birds in art.
Ornithology.
Natural history illustration.
Ornithological illustration.
Birds -- Pictorial works.
Form and Genre Terms:
Hand coloring.
Chromolithographs.
Lithographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Box 1 |
John and Elizabeth Gould: Sparrow Owl - RMC
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John and Elizabeth Gould: Common Wild Duck (Mallards) - 8215
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John and Elizabeth Gould: Bohemian Waxwing - 8216
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John Gould: Columbian (Purple-crowned) Fairy - 8218
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John Gould: Jourdan's (Red-shafted) Woodstar - 8219
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Box 1 |
John Gould: Scops (Long-eared) Owl - 8220
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Restricted
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