The Life and Art of Elizabeth Gould (Facebook Live)
Description:
On March 22, 2019, we hosted a Facebook Live broadcast dedicated to the life and art of Elizabeth Gould, a talented but often uncredited ornithological artist. Alexandra Newman, reference librarian in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History presented. This event was part of the #HerNaturalHistory campaign organized by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. See the video (with viewer comments) on Facebook: https://s.si.edu/2HU7cv5 Books featured in this video: A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains (1831-32): https://s.si.edu/2U0LBrf The Birds of Europe (1832-37): https://s.si.edu/2FZBFru A Monograph of the Ramphastidae (1834): https://s.si.edu/2W9hsn2 A monograph of the Trogonidae, or family of trogons (1835-1838). Digitized copy, courtesy of Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library: https://s.si.edu/2UZQIVU ( The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M. S. Beagle (1841): https://s.si.edu/2OgOO0I The Birds of Australia (1840-48): https://s.si.edu/2FpTHS9
Video Duration:
27 min 35 sec
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