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Alfred Thomas Elwes

1841 – 1917

British illustrator and draftsman

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Lived 1841 – 1917 (aged 75–76). Alfred Thomas Elwes was a British scientific illustrator and illustrator.

Alfred Thomas Elwes (A. T. Elwes) (– ) was a British natural history illustrator of mammals and birds. For most of his life he lived and worked in England, illustrating for Illustrated London News as well as various natural history books of the nineteenth century.

Life and work Elwes was born in Leghorn, Italy around 1841. From 1872 to 1877 he was employed by the Illustrated London News as the chief draftsman of natural history subjects. In 1882 Elwes wrote How to draw animals, birds and dogs. He died sometime after 1911 probably around 1917 in Willesden, Middlesex.

Books illustrated by Elwes The Legend of the Mount; or, The Days of Chivalry (1866) by Alfred Elwes Stories of the Gorilla Country: Narrated for Young People (1868) by Paul Du Chaillu Neptune: Or The Autobiography Of A Newfoundland Dog (1869) by E. Burrows The Pleasant History of Reynard the Fox (1873) Translated by Thomas Roscoe A Ride Through Hostile Africa: With Adventures Among The Boers (1881) by Parker Gillmore Encounters With Wild Beasts (1881) by Parker Gillmore How to draw animals, birds and dogs (1882) by A. T. Elwes The Amphibion's voyage (1885) by Parker Gillmore Uncle Remus (1888) by Joel Chandler Harris The birds of our rambles : A companion for the country (1891) by Charles Dixon A Book of Drawings (1891) by A. Bryan, L. Davis, A. T. Elwes et al. The Game Birds And Wild Fowl Of The British Islands: Being A Handbook For The Naturalist And Sportsman (1893) by Charles Dixon. Birds' nests; an introduction to the science of caliology (1902) by Charles Dixon. Chatterbox (1904) by et al. W. P. Pycraft Wonders of the bird world (1921) by Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

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Born
1841, Livorno
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Died
1917, Willesden
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A. T. Elwes

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British illustrator and draftsman (1841-1917)

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Alfred Thomas Elwes was born in 1841 in Livorno.

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Alfred Thomas Elwes died in 1917 in Willesden.

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Alfred Thomas Elwes was a scientific illustrator and illustrator.

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· Wikipedia: Alfred Thomas Elwes

· Wikidata: Q21505173

· DBpedia: Alfred Thomas Elwes

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