John Gould
British · 1804–1881 · Painter, Printmaker
John Gould was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Platycercus Eximius (Rose-Hill Parrakeet)Leonard Joel · A$8,000≈ $5,815≈ £3,794≈ €5,281Sign up to see
Calyptorhynchus Macrorhynchus (Great-Billed Black Cockatoo)Leonard Joel · A$7,500≈ $5,451≈ £3,557≈ €4,951Sign up to see
Cacatua Leadbeateri (Major Mitchell's Cockatoo)Leonard Joel · A$7,000≈ $5,088≈ £3,319≈ €4,621Sign up to see
John Gould’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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- A$6,000≈ $4,746≈ £3,183≈ €4,334Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (9)
Lots by John Gould that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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About John Gould
John Gould was an English ornithologist who published 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. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates 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.
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In museum collections
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0Urocissa magnirostris, probably 1850/1883
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0Trogan personatus, probably 1836/1838
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0Trogan variegatus, probably 1836/1838
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0