Wolf's works

Joseph Wolf, 1895.

Das Foto wurde 1895 in The Life of Joseph Wolf von A.H.Palmer veröffentlicht.

The photograph was published in The Life of Joseph Wolf by A.H. Palmer in 1895.

Nice / Nizza by kind permission of Albert Scharbach
Pheasants, 1847 by kind permission of Prof. Dr. Armin Geus
Hooded Gyrfalcon 1871(Collection Brian Bird)
"When I saw this pencil, ink watercolour of the hooded gyrfalcon, I had no hesitation to know that it was by the hand of a master. I have flown two gyrfalcons and can see the qualities of feather depth and plumage within this work….Genius!" Est: £4.000 - £6.000, sold by Christie's, London, U.K., July 13, 2023
Peace and War

In 1871, soon after the (Franco-Prussian) war was over, Wolf spent a fortnight in Paris with his friend Mr. D. G. Elliott, and they paid a visit to one of the battlefields. As a result, he added to the series of antithetical designs, on his return, Peace and War, an upright subject shaped like a gravestone. A Turtle Dove mopes on a branch, mourning sore over her shattered nest. Just below her, and embedded in a clump of forget-me-nots and bluebells, lies a soldier’s helmet illuminated by a ray of sunlight in which some butterflies take their pleasure. The mourning of some bird over a destroyed nest is a favourite subject, and there are other versions.

Im Jahr 1871, kurz nach dem Ende des (französisch-preußischen) Krieges, verbrachte Wolf mit seinem Freund D. G. Elliott zwei Wochen in Paris und sie besuchten eines der Schlachtfelder. Infolgedessen fügte er nach seiner Rückkehr der Reihe antithetischer Entwürfe Frieden und Krieg ein aufrechtes Motiv in Form eines Grabsteins hinzu. Eine Turteltaube hockt auf einem Ast und trauert um ihr zerstörtes Nest. Direkt unter ihr, eingebettet in ein Büschel von Vergissmeinnicht und Glockenblumen, liegt ein Soldatenhelm, der von einem Sonnenstrahl beleuchtet wird, an dem sich einige Schmetterlinge erfreuen. Die Trauer eines Vogels über ein zerstörtes Nest ist ein beliebtes Motiv, und es gibt weitere Versionen.

The Life of Joseph Wolf, A.H Palmer, 1895

Gyfalcons striking a Kite, 1856 National Museum of Wildlife Art 2820 Rungius Road Jackson, WY 83001, U.S.A,

Zoological Society London – The Zoological Society possesses around 350 of Wolf’s works commissioned by them.

The Ibis (journal) – Wolf provided a total of 74 illustrations for the Ibis from its publication in 1859 until 1869.

David Brittain Collection – The collection is held by Emmanuel College Cambridge. A few works are still in David Brittain’s possession.

Christopher Frearson Collection – This is a private collection.

Aberystwyth School of Art Collection – Karen Westendorf was kind enough to provide us with the collection of woodcuts and a watercolor of a Panther.

Harris Museum Collection – In the Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library there is a fine collection of Wolf’s sketches.

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1845 Rüppell, Dr. Eduard Systematische Übersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost Afrikas 50   1864 P.L. Sclater Quarterly Journals of Science  
1833-50 Siebold, P. Frantz Fauna Japonica 23   1864   The Illustrated Penny Almanack 12
1844-53 Professor H. Schlegel & H. Wulverhorst Traité de Fauconnerie 12   1864 H.W. Dulcken The Golden Harp 7
1846-52 Susemihl, J.C. und Eduard Abbildungen der Vögel Europas 10   1864 Alfred Newton, M.A. Oötheca Woleyana, Part 1 Accipitres 3
1846 J.Wolf & F. Frisch Jagdstücke der hohen und niederen Jagd     1866 Stevenson, Henry, F.L.S. The Birds of Norfolk 4
1844-49 Gray, G.R. The Genera of Birds 12   1866 Harting, J.E. The Birds of Middlesex 1
1850 Knox, A.E. Game Birds and Wild Fowl, their Friends and their Foes 4   1867 Tennent, Sir James Emerson The wild elephant, and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon 8
1852 Burton, Richard F. Falconry in the Valley of the Indus 1   1867 Edward Garrett, M.A. Aesop’s Fables 6
1853 Arnold, J.T. Reynard the Fox 12   1867 Tristram, the Rev. H.B. The Natural History of the Bible 21
1853   The Poets of the Woods 12   1867 Lloyd, L. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway 4
1854 Joseph Wolf Feathered Favourites 12   1867 Argyll, the Duke of The Reign of Law 4
1855 Knox, A.E. Ornithological Rambles in Sussex 4   1867   Maunders‘ Treasury of Geography 1
1856 Andersson, C. J. Lake N’Gami 14   1867 Joseph Wolf Zoological Sketches (2nd Series) 50
1857 Livingstone, David Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 12   1868 Buchanan, Robert W. North Coast and Other Poems 14
1857   The Book of Job 8   1868 Routledge My Pet’s Picture Book 1
1858/1882 James, T., M.A. Aesop’s Fables 19   1869 Wallace, A.R. „The Malay Archipelago 2
1858 King, the Rev. S.W. The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps 1   1885 Ewing, J.H. Mrs. Overtheway’s Remembrances 1
1858 Drayson, Capt. A.W. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa 8   1870 Knox, A.F. Autumns on the Spey 4
1859 Freeman,G.E. and Capt. F.H. Salvin Falconry: Ist Claims, History and Practice 6   1872 Darwin, Charles The Expression of the Emotions in Man and animals 2
1859 R. Patterson Zoological Diagrams 14   1872 Elliot, D.G., F.L.S., F.Z.S. A Monograph of the Phasianidae 100
1859 Thompson, James The Seasons 7   1873   Lyrics of Ancient Palestine 2
1859 Wordsworth, William Poems 12   1873/4 Gould, John The Birds of Great Britain 57
1859 Wood, The Rev. J.G. The Illustrated Natural History 50   1873/4 Elliot, D.G., F.L.S., F.Z.S. A Monograph of the Birds of Paradise 37
1860 Bennett, George, M.D. Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australia 3   1873/4 Joseph Wolf The Life and Habits of Wild Animals 20
1860 Dunlop, R.H.W. Hunting in the Himalaya 4   1874   Picture Posies 10
1860 Atkinson, T.W. Travels in the Region of the Lower and Upper Amoor 4   1876   Brehm’s Thierleben: allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs 20+
1860 Montgomery, James Poems 7   1876 B. Tümler Thierleben. Kriegs- und Friedensbilder aus der Thierwelt 20
1861 William White Cooper Traits and anecdotes of Animals 6   1878 Wood, The Rev. J.G. Routledge’s Picture Book of Birds 17
1861 Tennent, Sir James Emerson Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

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  1879 Dresser, H.E., F.L.S. The Birds of Europe 30
1861 Routledge The Alphabet of Birds 1   1879   Golden Thoughts from Golden Fountains 3
1861 P.H. Gosse The Romance of Natural History 8   1880 Harting, J.E., F.L.S. British animals extinct within Historic Times 3
1861 P.H. Gosse The Romance of Natural History (2nd Series) 4   1883 Wilson, Dr. Wild Animals and Birds, their Haunts and Habits 24
1861 Eliza Cook Poems 6   1882 James, T., M.A. Aesop’s Fables 19
1861 R.A. Willmott English Sacred Poetry 7   1883 Elliot, D.G., F.L.S., F.Z.S. A Monograph of the Felidae 43
1861 Joseph Wolf Zoological Sketches 50   1883 Gould, John The Birds of Asia 4
1862 Johns, The Rev. B.A. British Birds in their Haunts 190   1883 Harting, J.E., F.L.S. Sketches of Bird Life from Twenty Years‘ Observations on their Haunts and Habits  
1863 Baldwin, W.C. African Hunting 6   1892 Buxton, E.N. Short Stalks or Hunting Camps.: North, South, East and West 2
1863 Reade, W.W. Savage Africa 3   1894 Richard Lydekker The Royal Natural History 17+
1863 Bates, H.W. The Naturalist on the River Amazons 4   1895   Big Game Shooting 11
1864 Campbell, Col. Walter My Indian Journal 4   1898 Richard Lydekker Wild oxen, sheep and goats of all lands, living and extinct 7

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The Duel 1875

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Arctic Hares 1876

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