Wolf was born in Germany where he began drawing birds and mammals from a very early age. He came to England in 1848 and worked on a great number of books on natural history subjects, the most important being John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain, many of the original drawings for which were sold in these Rooms, see the catalogue for the sale of The Godman Collection of Watercolours for John Gould's, The Birds of Great Britain, 4 October 1994. For further information about this artist please see lot 132