• Source: Alfred Thomas Elwes

      • Alfred Thomas Elwes (A. T. Elwes) (c. 1841– c. 1917) 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.


      Family


      Elwes was married in Gravesend, Kent on the 15th of October 1973 to Kate Barnard.


      Books illustrated by Elwes


      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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