457781
- TitleJohn Gould - Letterbook, 26 December 1840-14 December 1846, together with diary of Elizabeth Gould, 20 August-29 September 1839
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- Call numberSAFE/A 1763 (Safe 1/270)
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
20 August 1839-14 December 1846 - Type of material
- Reference code457781
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 473, frames 393-506 (A 1763, filed at Safe 1/270)
- Physical Description0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript - 33.5 x 30.0 cm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
John Gould, zoologist and ornithologist was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England in 1804. In 1829 he married talented artist Elizabeth Coxon who was born in 1804 at Ramsgate, England. They had four children when in 1838 he resolved to extend his ornithological studies by visiting Australia. It is during this time in Australia that the Goulds worked on their publication 'Birds of Australia'. The Goulds left Australia in April 1840 and publication of the volumes began in December of the same year. Elizabeth Gould was responsible for many of the illustrations and after her death in 1841 other artists were employed to continue the work. Gould died in London in February 1881. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography (online). - Scope and ContentLetterbook containing copies of letters in connection with the shipping and sale of Gould's 'Birds of Australia'. Not in Goulds handwriting, believed to have been copied by Gould's secretary, E.C. Prince. Correspondents include Rev. T.J. Ewing, John Fairfax, Hack, Watson & Co, George Bennett, J.Stokes and Robert C. Gunn. In his letters to George Bennett, Gould refers to natural history collecting by John Gilbert and Frederick Strange and comments on the market in London for Australian specimens.
Diary of Elizabeth Gould (10 pages) is bound in this volume. It is the diary of her travels in New South Wales between 20 Aug. 1939 and 29 Sept. 1839. Details her brief visits to both Sydney and Newcastle and describes her week long stay in Maitland. Last diary entry is in pencil. - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Transcriptions of letters can be found in 'John Gould, the Bird Man: correspondence, with a chronology of his life and works', edited and compiled by Gordon C. Saur (held at N 598.092/2 SET). - Creator/Author/Artist
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