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References

* George Miihlberg. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker among others: general lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. Volume 25, EA Seemann, Leipzig, 1931, p 213 * Hans Ries: Illustration and illustrators of children's book in German-speaking 1871–1914, Osnabrück in 1992. German draughtsmen German illustrators Artists from Nuremberg 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 1863 births 1925 deaths {{Germany-painter-stub