Person

Gould, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841)

Born
18 July 1804
Ramsgate, Kent, England
Died
15 August 1841
England
Occupation
Natural history artist
Alternative Names
  • Coxen, Elizabeth (maiden name)

Summary

Elizabeth Gould visited Australia in 1838-1840 with her husband, John Gould (qv), and completed a large number of drawings of Australian birds and mammals, many of which illustrated her husband's books.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Elizabeth Gould - Records, 1838 - 1841; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Elizabeth Gould - Records, 1838 - 1841, mfm G 27483; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Chisholm, A. H., The Story of Elizabeth Gould (Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1944). Details
  • Hart, Andrea and Datta, Ann, Birds of the world: the art of Elizabeth Gould (Munich, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, 2023), 247 pp. Details
  • MacInnis, Peter, Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012), 213 pp. Pages 164-169. Details
  • Olsen, Penny, Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2010), 258 pp. Details
  • Tree, Isabella, The bird man: the extraordinary story of John Gould (London: Ebery Press, 2003), 246 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Hindwood, K. A., 'Mrs. John Gould', Emu, 38 (2) (1938), 131-8. Details
  • Whitley, G. P., 'John Gould's Associates', Emu, 38 (2) (1938), 141-67. Details

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See also

  • McGregor, Russell, Idling in green places: a life of Alec Chisholm (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2019), 285 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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