John Gould
England / Australia, b.1804, d.1881
Henry Richter
England, b.1821, d.1902 (Illustrator)
Elizabeth Gould
England / Australia, b.1804, d.1841
Charles Hullmandel
England, b.1789, d.1850 (Lithographer)
Neomorpha Gouldii (The Huia)
- 1848
- Hand coloured lithograph
- Purchased, 2014
- 538 x 358mm
- 2014/047
Tags: animals, birds (animals), black (color), leaf (plant material), pairs, trees
English naturalist and artist duo John and Elizabeth Gould spent nineteen months in Australia, mainly New South Wales, from 1838. The birds they drew and painted – including two (now extinct) huia brought across from New Zealand – became The Birds of Australia, a vast series of hand-coloured lithographs that was published in London between 1840 and 1848. Sadly, Elizabeth died in 1841, long before completion of their grand project.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)