| Abraham Jacobus Wendel (1826 – 1915) and Frederik Johannes Wendel (1829 - 1882) | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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| Abraham Jacobus Wendel (1826 – 1915) and Frederik Johannes Wendel (1829 - 1882) | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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,
where they drew, lithographed, and printed the illustration plates in scientific journals like the
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.
The brothers functioned as a team.
For each illustrated plate: Frederik laid down the framework of the image on the lithographic stone,
and Abraham utilized his engraving skills to carve the final textures,
then they would jointly print the plate.
After Frederik died (1882), Abraham went to work with the P.W.M. Trap printing house who were already engaged to print the text for Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.
Many of the Wendels' lithographs are now considered desirable and collectable.
They produced illustrations for the articles in scientific journals by a number of entomologists including
 Platyptilia isodactylus |  Platyptilia isodactylus |  Pyralis farinalis |  Pyralis farinalis |
 Endrosis sarcitrella |
 Borbotana nivifascia |  Eublemma pudica |  Cyclodes spectans |  Brenthia albimaculana |
 Erebus nyctaculis |  Macna oppositalis |
 Asota orbona |
 in progress |
 butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  artists |  moths |