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Friedrich Specht (6 May 1839, in
Friedrich Specht
''The Natural History of Animals'' (online)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Specht, Friedrich 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German sculptors German male sculptors German lithographers 1839 births 1909 deaths 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors 20th-century German printmakers 20th-century lithographers
Friedrich Specht (6 May 1839, in Lauffen am Neckar
Lauffen am Neckar () or simply Lauffen is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the river Neckar, southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin and for its qu ...
– 12 June 1909, in Stuttgart), was a German painter and natural history illustrator. He held his first exhibition at the Stuttgart Art Academy. He provided illustrations of animals and landscapes for a large number of zoology and veterinary science publications, notably for the first edition of ''Brehms Tierleben
''Brehms Tierleben'' (English title: ''Brehm's Animal Life'') is a scientific reference book, first published in the 1860s by Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829–1884). It was one of the first modern popular zoological treatises. First published in ...
'' (1864–69) conceived by Alfred Edmund Brehm
Alfred Edmund Brehm (; 2 February 1829 – 11 November 1884) was a German zoologist, writer, director of zoological gardens and the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm, a famous pastor and ornithologist.
Through the book title ''Brehms Tierlebe ...
, ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890—1907), Carl Vogt
August Christoph Carl Vogt (; 5 July 18175 May 1895) was a German scientist, philosopher, popularizer of science, and politician who emigrated to Switzerland. Vogt published a number of notable works on zoology, geology and physiology. All his ...
's ''Die Säugetiere in Wort und Bild'' (1883–89) and Richard Lydekker
Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history.
Biography
Richard Lydekker was born at Tavistock Square in London. His father was Gerard Wolfe Lydekker, ...
's ''Royal Natural History'' (1894–96). His brothers were the wood engraver Carl Gottlob Specht and the wildlife painter August Specht (1849–1923).
He was responsible for the lion's head on 's memorial to the fallen warriors of Stuttgart.
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* *Friedrich Specht
''The Natural History of Animals'' (online)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Specht, Friedrich 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German sculptors German male sculptors German lithographers 1839 births 1909 deaths 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors 20th-century German printmakers 20th-century lithographers