BirdWoman : Elizabeth Gould and the birds of Australia : excerpts of text written by John Gould accompanying the prints in 'The Birds of Australia' from the Allport Library of Museum of Fine Arts book collection.
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BirdWoman : Elizabeth Gould and the birds of Australia : excerpts of text written by John Gould accompanying the prints in 'The Birds of Australia' from the Allport Library of Museum of Fine Arts book collection.
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[Hobart, Tasmania] : [Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts], [2017]
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7 leaves : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.
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Title from caption.
Issued to accompany an exhibition held at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, LINC Tasmania, Hobart, from 8 September 2017 to 27 January 2018.
The exhibition, "featuring nineteenth century prints of Tasmania's native birds ... has been inspired by the book 'The Birdman's Wife', written by Melissa Ashley and [which] reveals the fascinating story of the artist behind the prints, Elizabeth Gould. John Gould ('The Birdman'), recorded Australia's bird species in a series of folio volumes called 'The Birds of Australia'. His wife Elizabeth Gould was an accomplished artist and worked alongside her husband to create these beautiful books. Elizabeth's role in the production of Gould's books has been understated and overlooked. She was a skilled lithographer, and completed a large number of prints before her death in 1841. It is clear that she had a major part in the design of 'The Birds of Australia', but she was acknowledged in only 84 of the 600 illustrations."--Libraries Tasmania website.
Contents:
Pardalotus quadragintus, Forty-spotted pardalote -- Ptilotus flavigula, Yellow-throated honey eater -- Acanthiza magna (scrub tit) -- Tribonyx mortieri, Mortier's tribonyx (Tasmanian native hen) -- Acanthiza ewingii, Ewing's Acanthiza (Tasmanian thornbill) -- Platycercus flaviventris, Yellow-bellied parrakeet [i.e. parakeet] (Green Rosella) -- Anthochaera inauris, Wattled honey eater (Yellow wattlebird) -- Daption capensis, Cape petrel -- Puffinus brevicaudus, Short-tailed petrel (mutton bird or shearwater) -- Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape Barren Goose) -- Sericornis humilis, Sombre-coloured sericornis (Tasmanian scrubwren) -- Melithreptus melanocephalus, Black-headed honeyeater -- Melithreptus validirostris, Strong-billed honeyeater -- Pezoporus formosus, Ground parakeet (ground parrot) -- Peristera elegans, Brush bronze-winged pigeon -- Strepera fugliginosa, Sooty crow-shrike (currrawong) -- Petroica fusca, Dusky Robin.
Alternate Title:
Bird Woman
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Elizabeth Gould and the birds of Australia : excerpts of text written by John Gould accompanying the prints in 'The Birds of Australia' from the Allport Library of Museum of Fine Arts book collection
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SD_ILS:1238555