The Englishman John Gould had dedicated his life entirely to nature and the animal world. It was practically in his cradle. His uncle, with whom he grew up, looked after the Royal Gardens of Windsor.
He developed a great interest in the history of nature even as a young man. He also hunted birds along the Thames, which he prepared afterwards. Already in his early 20's Gould opened a shop for taxidermy in London. During this time he also began to draw studies of birds. At the end of the 1820s Gould was employed as a curator by the Zoological Society in London. His first publication dates back to 1830 and shows numerous birds from the Himalayan region. The work of the British artist was influenced by the naturalist Charles Darwin, among others. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic animals from his travels around the world. Among them was the Darwin Finch. Darwin had discovered this on the Galapagos Islands. Gould studied the animal carefully and discovered that it was a new, previously undiscovered species of finch.
In collaboration with his wife, the lithographer Elizabeth Coxen, Gould made drawings of all the birds Darwin had brought back from his trip. These were then published in his work The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Among John Gould's most famous works is also a work on the bird life in Australia.
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_(hand_coloured_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-199268).jpg "Goldfinch (Carduelis Elegans) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Upupa Epops by John Gould")
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.jpg "A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, First Edition, Published 1834 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Panterpes insignis by John Gould")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-201074).jpg "Blackbird by John Gould")
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.jpg "Phasianus torquatus = Phasianus colchicus by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-600567).jpg "Starling by John Gould")
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.jpg "Bird of Paradise, Engraved by T. Walter by John Gould")
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_engraving_from_Monograph_of_Tro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081259).jpg "Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Engraving from Monograph of Trochilidae or Humming Birds (1849-1861) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Pica bactriana = Pica pica bactriana by John Gould")
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.jpg "Mongolian Finch by John Gould")
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_from_A_Monograph_of_the_Trochilid_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172718).jpg "Hummingbirds (Topaza Pyra) from A Monograph of the Trochilid by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1353352).jpg "Thrush with its nest by John Gould")
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.jpg "Coeligena typica = Coeligena coeligena by John Gould")
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.jpg "Grey-Headed Flying Fox by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-185161).jpg "Bonaparte")
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.jpg "Parus Cristatus, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Goldfinch by John Gould")
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.jpg "Trochilus polytmus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Platycercus Pennantii by John Gould")
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.jpg "Magpie by John Gould")
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.jpg "Cacatua Leadbeateri by John Gould")
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.jpg "Chrysolampis moschitus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by John Gould")
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_engraving_by_John_Gould_(1804-1881_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123911).jpg "Australian king Parrot (Alisterus scapularis), engraving by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter by John Gould")
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.jpg "Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti, engraving by John Gould")
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.jpg "Palaeornis rosa = Psittacula roseata by John Gould")
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.jpg "Chrysobronchus viridicauda by John Gould")
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.jpg "Amazilia yucatanensis by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114458).jpg "Splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-600600).jpg "Owl by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112660).jpg "Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-678419).jpg "Illustration of Buteo Vulgaris (Common Buzzard) by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115086).jpg "Superb Lyrebird (Menura superba) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Caucasian Black Grouse by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-83598).jpg "Trogon Ambiguus from")
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.jpg "Harpactes Oreskios, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Turdus Musicus, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Amazilia beryllina devillei by John Gould")
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.jpg "Cometes phaon = Sappho sparganura by John Gould")
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.jpg "Thaumatias brevirostris by John Gould")
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.jpg "Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), engraving by John Gould")
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.jpg "Phasianus soemmeringii = Syrmaticus soemmerringii by John Gould")
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.jpg "Heliomaster Mesoleucus = Heliomaster Squamosus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Turdis Atrogularis, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Pteroglossus Hypoglaucus from")
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.jpg "Phaeoptila sordida = Cynanthus sordidus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Petasophora iolata by John Gould")
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.jpg "Petasophora serrirostris by John Gould")
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.jpg "Lesbia amaryllis = Lesbia victoriae amaryllis by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119653).jpg "Black-Chinned Babbler (Stachyris pyrrhops), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Bird of Paradise, from")
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.jpg "Upupa Epops, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Selasphorus floresii = Selasphorus sasin x Selasphorus anna by John Gould")
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.jpg "Chrysobronchus virescens by John Gould")
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.jpg "Haematospiza Sipahi, illustration from")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114445).jpg "Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-545393).jpg "Yunx Indica = Jynx Ruficollis (syn. J. Pectoralis) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Phaethornis squalidus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Merula Vulgaris, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Great Cinereous Owl, from \"The Birds of Great Britain\" (published London, 1862-73) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Hummingbird (engraved by Walter and Cohn) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Heliangelus micrastur = Heliangelus micraster by John Gould")
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.jpg "Great Auk, from")
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.jpg "Erythropus Vespertinus, Plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, Published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123641).jpg "Superb fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Dorifera veraguensis by John Gould")
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.jpg "Pitta caerulea = Hydrornis caeruleus by John Gould")
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.jpg "Sparganura Glyceria, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-262760).jpg "Greenfinch by John Gould")
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.jpg "Petasophora delphinae by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-678413).jpg "Illustration of Astur Palumbarius (Goshawk) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Helianthea violifera by John Gould")
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.jpg "Harpactes Reinwardti, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Heliomaster Angelae = Heliomaster Furcifer by John Gould")
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_lithograph_from_Birds_of_Australia_and_Great_Br_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112683).jpg "Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), lithograph from Birds of Australia and Great Britain by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Illustration from John Gould")
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.jpg "Timolia lerchi by John Gould")
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 guajana - (MeisterDrucke-606328).jpg "Pitta Cyanura = Hydrornis (Guajana) Guajana by John Gould")
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.jpg "Elvira chionura by John Gould")
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.jpg "Turdus Viscivorus, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123909).jpg "Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Falco peregrinator by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-59288).jpg "Trogon Collaris from")
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_engraving_from_book_by_John_Gou_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508807).jpg "Rustic Bunting, Birds from Asia (China and Japan), Engraving from Book by John Gould")
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.jpg "Parus Major, plate from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, published 1862-73 by John Gould")
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.jpg "Francia")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114453).jpg "Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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_engraving_from_Monograph_of_T_-_(MeisterDrucke-1079687).jpg "Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca), from Monograph of Trochilidae or Humming Birds by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123889).jpg "Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "White-headed Ibis by John Gould")
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.jpg "Eriocnemis vestitus by John Gould")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-678421).jpg "Illustration of Haliaetus Albicilla (Sea-Eagle) by John Gould")
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.jpg "Chrysuronia josephinae = Chrysuronia oenone josephinae by John Gould")
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_illustration_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123650).jpg "Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus), illustration by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119669).jpg "Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119662).jpg "Brown Falcon (Falco berigora occidentalis), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119662).jpg)
.jpg "Thaumatias milleri by John Gould")
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_Engraving_by_John_Gould_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114455).jpg "Australian osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus), Engraving by John Gould by John Gould")
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.jpg "Galloperdix zeylonensis = Galloperdix bicalcarata by John Gould")
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