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See also:JOSEPH See also:WOLF (1820-1899) , Anglo-See also:German artist, the son of a German See also:farmer, was See also:born in 1820 at Munstermaifeld, on the See also:river Moselle, in the See also:Rhine See also:Province . In his boyhood he was an assiduous student cf See also:bird and See also:animal See also:life, and showed a remark-able capacity as a draughtsman of natural See also:history subjects . His See also:powers were first recognized by See also:Professor See also:Schlegel of the See also:Leiden museum, who gave him employment as an illustrator . In 1848 he settled in See also:London, where he remained till his See also:death on the loth of See also:April 1899 . He made many drawings for the Zoological Society, and a very large number of illustrations for books on natural history and on travel in various countries; but he also won a considerable success as a painter . See A . H . See also:Palmer, The Life of See also:Joseph See also:Wolf (London, 1895) . |
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