About Emil Todt
Lived 1810 – 1900 (aged 89–90). Emil Todt was a German botanical illustrator and sculptor.
Emil Hermann Todt (born 1810 or 1811; died 10 July 1900) was a German botanical artist and sculptor who was active in Australia from the 1850s to the 1880s.
Todt was born in Berlin in 1810 or 1811, and studied sculpture under Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann from around 1830 until 1836. In 1849 he emigrated to South Australia, possibly because of an involvement in the revolutions of the time. In 1851 he got caught up in the Victorian gold rush, but by 1854 had settled in Melbourne where he returned to sculpture. stating:
Two years later, the work was published, with Todt's contribution being over seventy lithographed illustrations.
He died in Melbourne on 10 July 1900.
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German artist (1810–1900)
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Emil Todt was born in 1810.
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Emil Todt died on 10 July 1900.
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Emil Todt was a botanical illustrator and sculptor.
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