Elizabeth was born on July 18th, 1804 in Ramsgate, England to a military family. She likely underwent training in drawing and botany from an early age as was typical of a woman of her class in Victorian England. She met John Gould through her brother, Charles Coxen, who was also a taxidermist. She married John Gould in January 1829, both 24 years old. Gould began her professional work-life by producing ornithological drawings intended to supplement John's ornithological writing in letters to colleagues. John encouraged her to learn lithography and had his collaborator Edward Lear teach her. Once proficient with the art form, she created illustrations from John's more rudimentary drawings. She designed, lithographed and painted more than 650 plates that appeared in A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, The Birds of Europe, A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and many other texts.
Superb Caspedophora Intercendens Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Paradisea Decora bird lithographed by the greatest ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique both for the unmistakable beauty of the bird species and for the great scientific and artistic skill of Elisabeth and Jhon Gould to have rendered it. The price ...
Lithograph
Superb Craspedophora Magnifica Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Paradisornis Rudolphi Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Epimachus Speciosus Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Epimachus Meyeri Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Manucodia Comrii Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Trichoparadisea Gulielmi Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique both because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quo...
Lithograph
Superb Craspedophora Alberti Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
Lithograph
Superb Paradisea Minor Bird lithographed by the greatest ornithologists Gould
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique both for the unmistakable beauty of the bird species and for the great scientific and artistic skill of Elisabeth and Jhon Gould to have rendered it. The price ...
Lithograph
$2,675
H 6.5 in W 10.13 in
"Bald Eagle", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "White-headed Sea Eagle or Bald Eagle", No. 3, Plate ...
Lithograph
Seaweeds, German antique underwater botanical chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Algen I' (Seaweeds) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)
Lithograph
$575
H 6.63 in W 10.13 in
Least Bittern Birds: Original 19th C. 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Least Bittern, 1. Male, 2. Female, 3. Young", No. 74, Plate 366, from Audubon...
Lithograph
$775
H 7 in W 10.5 in
Swift Fox: An Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by John J. Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Swift Fox", No. 11, Plate LII, from Audubon's "Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America", printed ...
Lithograph
$65
H 9.85 in W 12.01 in
Strahlinge (Protozoa - Radiolarians or Radioza) German antique lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Strahlinge' (Protozoa - Radiolarians or Radioza) German lithograph, circa 1895. Key to protozoa in German below the image. 250mm by 305mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as iss...
Lithograph
$875
H 7 in W 10.38 in
Black or Silver Fox: An Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "American Black or Silver Fox, No. 24, Plate CXVI" from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, publ...
Lithograph
Birds, German antique natural history chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hochzeitskleider I' (Birds) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)
Lithograph
$225
H 16 in W 12.5 in
Long-Haired Squirrel: Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Long Haired Squirrel, No. 6, Plate XXVII", from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, published i...
Lithograph
$320
H 8.67 in W 13 in
Wiltshire breed, sheep lithograph with original hand-colouring, circa 1845
By After William Shiels
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ancienne Race de Wiltshire (The Old Wiltshire Breed)' Lithograph with original hand-colouring by Hermann Eichens (1813-1886) from a drawing by W. Nicholson after a painting by Wil...
Lithograph
$975
H 6.88 in W 10.38 in
Virginian Deer: An Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John J. Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Common or Virginian Deer", No. 26, Plate CXXXVI, from Audubon's "Viviparous Quadrupeds of North ...
Lithograph
$2,175
H 21.25 in W 14.5 in
Bearded Tree Swift Birds: 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a remarkable hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Dendrochelidon Mystaceus" (Bearded Tree-Swift) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain", publi...
Lithograph
$475
H 7 in W 10.38 in
Jackall Fox: An Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John J. Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Jackall Fox", No. 31, Plate CLI, 151, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America", printed and ...
Lithograph
Sold
H 21 in W 17 in D 0.5 in
Colorful Australian Birds Engraving Set
By John and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Houston, TX
Engraving of an Australian bird from a book published in 1838 titled, "The Birds of Australia." The book has 84 prints of different birds, the most popu...
Engraving