About John Gould: John Gould FRS was a British ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated Prints from John Gould's famous series on hummingbirds, widely admired for their verisimilitude, including the use of gold and silver leaf to capture the natural hummingbird the scientific name of the accompanying plant is given I. Drawing John Gould of unidentified birds annotated 'Bird Hairy' and 'Bird in front. Online gallery of authentic original John Gould prints. John Gould Print Gallery John Gould, known MONOGRAPH of the TROCHILIDAE (HUMMINGBIRDS) A Monograph of the Trochilid