COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
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.
Dates
- 1830-1869.
Creator
- Gould, John, 1804-1881. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection contains loose prints by John Gould.
Physical Description
Artwork
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2014
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, February 2014
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, February 2014
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- February 2014
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu