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WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 772 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WOLF, See also:JOSEPH (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 Joseph Wolf (London, 1895).

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