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Elizabeth Gould<\/strong> (July 18, 1804\u2013August 15, 1841) found working as a governess \u201cmiserably-wretched dull.\u201d Artistically and musically gifted, boundlessly curious about the world, she had grown up painting and collecting specimens. Now in her early twenties, she felt life must have more to offer than the lonely occupation of looking after small children with whom one \u201ccannot communicate a single thought or feeling.\u201d <\/p>\n

By twenty-four, Elizabeth had met and married the young taxidermist John Gould, himself a man of broader dreams \u2014 passionate about birds, he yearned to become a respected ornithologist, not a mere decorator of Victorian parlors and museums. He knew that the pathway to professional respect was a book, and he knew that it had to be accurately, consummately illustrated. <\/p>\n

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