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Peregrines

Image credit: Nature in Art

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Joseph Wolf was the most celebrated animal illustrator of the nineteenth century. He was born in Morz, Germany to a farming family. He was a naturalist, animal artist and lithographer. He moved to England in 1848, where he was commissioned by John Gould to produce illustrations, followed by commissions from the Royal Zoological Society. He illustrated many natural history books and scientific treatises, including for Charles Darwin. The watercolours and lithographs of mammals and birds sealed Wolf's reputation to such an extent that he became the illustrator of choice for returning explorers eager to publish their adventures, including Dr David Livingstone, Sir Richard Burton and Alfred Wallace. Wolf’s art broke the mould of conventional animal portraiture and entered new territory by depicting nature as itself.

Nature in Art

Gloucester

Title

Peregrines

Date

1866

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 87.5 x W 61.3 cm

Accession number

1984.113

Acquisition method

purchased from the Tryon Gallery Ltd, 1984

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed J. Wof 1866

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