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Jacob Friedrich (James) Erxleben

b. 1810/11 d. 1891 or later

German-born lithographer and master draftsman. Engraved portraits and dramatic performances in his early career. Employed as a lithographer by the Royal Society of London, 1864.

Sources

Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler

Census returns of England and Wales1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/337/44/14), 1891 (RG12/208/14/22)

T. H. Huxley 1864b

Royal Society Council minutes, 16 February 1865

F. G. Waller 1974

Bibliography

Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. 37 vols. Edited by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann; E. A. Seeman. 1907–50.

Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1864c. On the osteology of the genus Glyptodon. [Read 28 January 1864.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 155 (1865): 31–70.

Waller, F. G. 1974. Biographisch Woordenboek van Noord Nederlandsche Graveurs. Reprint of the 1938 edition. Amsterdam: B. M. Israël.

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