Elizabeth Gould (illustrator)

Elizabeth Gould
Born	Elizabeth Coxen (1804-07-18)18 July 1804 Ramsgate, England
Died	15 August 1841(1841-08-15) (aged 37) England
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery
Nationality	British
Known for	Skilled drawing, watercolor painting and lithography, aiding her husband in illustrating many of his books.
Notable work	Sizeable collection of illustrations for The Birds of Australia
Spouse	John Gould

Elizabeth Gould, (née Coxen; 18 July 1804 – 15 August 1841), was a British artist and illustrator at the forefront of the natural history movement. Elizabeth traveled and worked alongside her husband, naturalist and author John Gould. She produced illustrations and lithographs for ornithological works, including plates in Darwin's The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle and the Goulds' seminal work, The Birds of Australia. In total, Elizabeth is credited with at least 650 works.