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Every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought.

John Gould

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Born: September 14, 1804
Died: February 3, 1881 (aged 76)
Bio: John Gould FRS was an English ornithologist and bird artist.
Known for:
  1. The Birds of Australia (1848)
  2. The Mammals of Australia (1845)
  3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia (1865)
  4. John Gould's birds of Great Britain
  5. The birds of Great Britain (1862)

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