John Gould (1804-1881), Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] Frame:Gold Paper size: 18 x 12

Paper size: 18 x 12 in

New York: Peck & Snyder

with its mouth outside

The American West was a captivating subject for artists of the nineteenth-century

Traveller’s Map of the Middle

John Gould (1804-1881), Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] Frame:Gold Paper size: 18 x 12John Gould (1804 1881) Sula bassana [Gannet, or Solan Goose] from The Birds of Great Britain Vol. V Published: London, 1873 Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring Paper size: 21 3 8" x 14 1 2" John Gould (18041881) conceived a massive project: to illustrate the worlds birds in a regal format. He is best known for his multi volume works on the birds of every continent but Africa. Following the success of his 1837 "Birds of Europe" and the