Herbert Goodchild
Illustration — white-tailed black cockatoo, 1916–17 Herbert Goodchild was an early twentieth century illustrator of birds. He was born in 1873 at Cumberland and died sometime around 1919. Goodchild was employed to supply artwork for a fully illustrated and multi-volume work, Birds of Australia.
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Herbert Goodchild

Herbert Goodchild · Mathews, Gregory M. The birds of Australia vol 6, extracted from https: via BHL · Public domain
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- 1873 · Cumberland.
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- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — white-tailed black cockatoo, 1916–17 Herbert Goodchild was an early twentieth century illustrator of birds. He was born in 1873 at Cumberland and died sometime around 1919. Goodchild was employed to supply artwork for a fully illustrated and multi-volume work, Birds of Australia.
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Born at Cumberland in 1873, died in 1915.
The recorded working language is English. Residence is recorded at London.
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1873
Herbert Goodchild was born on 1 January 1873.
1915
Herbert Goodchild died.
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