Abraham Jacobus Wendel
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31 October 1826
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| Born | Abraham Jacobus Wendel 31 October 1826 |
| Died | 23 September 1915 (aged 88) Leiden |
| Known for | lithography, botanical art |
Abraham Jacobus Wendel (Leiden, 31 October 1826 – Leiden, 23 September 1915) was a Dutch lithographer, draughtsman and scientific botanical and paleontological illustrator using the signature AW and A. J. Wendel [1]
Abraham Jacobus Wendel was born in 1826 in Leiden, the son of Jacobus Cornelis Wendel (1796-1860) and Johanna Vegt (1801-1869). In 1849 he married Jannetje Koolen (1826-1904) and had six children, including Abraham Jacobus Johannes Wendel (Leiden, 9 July 1854 - 3 April 1930),[2][3] who became a lithographer and botanical artist in his own right, using signature AJJW. His father Abraham Jacobus Wendel created the botanical illustrations for many books and scientific journal articles. He was a lithographer with the printing house Arntz & Co. in Leiden, and made the illustrations for W. H. De Vriese et al. Descriptions et figures des plantes nouvelles et rares (1847). In 1887 he worked with Boek- en steendrukkerij P.W.M. Trap in Leiden: both Wendel and Trap are acknowledged in volumes 6 and 7 of the Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg (Ann.Jard.Bot.Btzg.).[4]
![Chaenomeles speciosa by A. J. Wendel from his book with H. Witte: Flora: ... voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, [1868]](#/media/File:WitteHeinrichFlora1868-035-Chaenomeles_speciosa.png)
![Iris ensata, idem, [1868]](#/media/File:WitteHeinrichFlora1868-009-Iris_ensata.png)
![Viburnum plicatum, idem, [1868]](#/media/File:WitteHeinrichFlora1868-022-Viburnum_plicatum.png)
![Kerria japonica, idem, [1868]](#/media/File:WitteHeinrichFlora1868-066-Kerria_japonica.png)
![Wisteria sinensis, idem, [1868]](#/media/File:WitteHeinrichFlora1868-011-Wisteria_sinensis.png)
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![Kaart van Zuid-Afrika (Map of Boer War South Africa), by A.J. Wendel in F. Lion Cachet: De worstelstrijd der Transvalers [1900]](#/media/File:Abraham_Jacobus_Wendel_-_Map_of_South_Africa.png)
