John Gould Inc. celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gould including his scientific, artistic and commercial activities.
John Gould was a businessman, publisher, and obsessive bird collector with an eye for a talented artist.
While John Gould's skills as an artist were limited, his drawings often capture the essence of a bird's characteristics.
John Gould was an immensely successful publisher, producing 21 titles, 15 of which were folio sets consisting of 49 volumes.
Gould's two great contributions to science were taxonomically describing Charles Darwin's Galapagos finches and his descriptions of Australian fauna.
The Australian Museum had been in existence for barely a decade when John Gould arrived in Sydney in February 1839.
Lithography is the original form of planographic, or surface printing, and offered a new freedom to the artist or printer.
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