A.J & F.J. Wendel

Chromo-Lithographs by
Abraham Jacobus Wendel
(1826 – 1915)
and
Frederik Johannes Wendel
(1829 - 1882)

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Abraham and Frederik were brothers, born in Leiden, Netherlands, to parents Jacobus Cornelis Wendel (1796–1860) and Johanna Vegt (1801–1869).

Abraham initially went to work with the Arntz & Co. Around 1850 he left Arntz to work with his brother Frederik.

During the 1870s, the Wendel brothers operated a joint scientific print workshop in Leiden, for scientific journals like the Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, where they functioned as a team. Frederik laid down the framework of the image on the lithographic stone, and Abraham utilized his engraving skills to carve the final textures.

After Frederik died, Abraham went to work with the P.W.M. Trap printing house

Many of the Wendel's lithographs are now considered desirable and collectable.

They produced illustrations for the articles in scientific journals by a number of entomologists including

William Buckler,

Pieter Snellen, and

Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven.

Copies of some illustrations for Buckler, by the Wendel brothers in this website -