a bird before he became a man. Wolf made numerous drawings in pen and charcoal as well as lithographs for scholarly societies such as the Zoological Society of London (he produced 340 "attractive" colour plates for the ZSL Proceedings in the course of 30 years), and a very large number of illustrations for books on natural history and travel published from various countries; and was considerably successful as a painter as well. Until 1946, the cover of the journal Ibis carried a woodcut by Wolf of an ibis against a background with ruins, a pyramid and a rising sun. In 1946 the sun was removed from the background; the design was entirely changed in 1948 due to excessive wear of the block. In 1865, J. H. Gurney named a species of harrier after Wolf, but it was found to be an already described species. Wolf died in London, surrounded by his pet birds. He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. In 2002, a new road in Mörz, "Joseph Wolf Weg", was named after the artist. Wolf had four daughters, two of whom had children. His direct descendants live in the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand. His bicentenary was celebrated with a "Joseph Wolf year" in Mörz in January 2020. Notes Cited references External links Mörz website Joseph Wolf 200 1820 births 1899 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery German ornithologists People from the Rhine Province German bird artists German lithographers People associated with the British Museum 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists