Joseph M. Gleeson

The Elephant's Child by Joseph M. Gleeson, from Just So Stories, 1912 edition

Joseph M. Gleeson (b. 1861[1]) was an American painter and illustrator. He is responsible for the only painting from life of a Thylacine and her cubs, from the National Zoo's specimens in 1902.[2] He co-illustrated one of the earliest American editions of Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.[3] Some of his work is now considered paleoart.

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  3. ↑ Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling, author and illustrator, additional color plates by Joseph M. Gleeson. Connecticut: Konecky and Konecky, ISBN 1-56852-377-7 (reprint of Doubleday & Co 1912 edition)

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