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      Gould, John. Circus Cineraceus - Cinereous Harrier. An original antique hand coloured lithograph, from "Birds of Prey of the British Isles". Engraved by J. Wolf and H. C. Richter

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      28 x 34 cm
      Description: Original antique lithograph, hand-coloured
      From John Goulds Birds of Prey of the British Isles
      Engraved by J. Wolf and H. C. Richter



      John Gould (1804 – 1881) was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.

      Gould was born in Lyme Regis ,and had little education. His early career began working as a gardener with his father. eventually becoming senior foreman at in the Royal Gardens of Windsor and later Ripley Castle. He studied taxidermy and became an expert eventually setting himself up in business as a taxidermist.

      He travelled extensively and produced many books on birds, including "Birds of Australia" and "Hummingbirds".

      Throughout his professional life, Gould had a strong interest in hummingbirds. He accumulated a collection of 320 species, which he exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Despite his interest, Gould had never seen a live hummingbird. In May 1857, he travelled to the United States with his second son, Charles. He arrived in New York too early in the season to see hummingbirds in that city, but on 21 May 1857, in Bartram's Gardens in Philadelphia, he finally saw his first live one, a ruby-throated hummingbird. He then continued to Washington D.C. where he saw large numbers in the gardens of the Capitol. Gould attempted to return to England with live specimens, but, as he was not aware of the conditions necessary to keep them, they only lived for two months at most.

      Gould's skill was in rapidly producing rough sketches from nature (a majority of the sketches were drawn from newly killed specimens) capturing the distinctiveness of each species. Gould then oversaw the process whereby his artists worked his sketches up into the finished drawings, which were made into coloured lithographs by engraver William Hart.

      The lithographs were hand coloured. An astonishing feat considering just how many plates he produced.



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