About Joseph M. Gleeson
Lived 1861 – 1917 (aged 55–56). Joseph M. Gleeson was an American illustrator and scientific illustrator.
A painting by Joseph M. Gleeson depicts a thylacine mother with her cubs, from the Smithsonian National Zoo's specimens.1902. The Elephant's Child by Joseph M. Gleeson, from Just So Stories, 1912 edition Joseph Michael Gleeson (1861 – September 26, 1917) was an American painter and illustrator. He is responsible for the only painting of the life of a thylacine and her cubs, from the National Zoo's specimens in 1902. He co-illustrated one of the earliest American editions of Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Some of his works are now considered paleoart.
Gleeson died on September 26, 1917, in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Who was Joseph M. Gleeson?
American illustrator
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Joseph M. Gleeson was born in 1861.
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Joseph M. Gleeson died in 1917.
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Joseph M. Gleeson was an illustrator and scientific illustrator.
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