Alexander Fussell

His subjects included The prize calf, The park sweeper, Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman, and The letter, after Thomas Faed.

[1] Fussell undertook the large task of illustrating William Yarrell's 1843 History of British Birds.

Additional drawings depict nests, feathers, and details of bird anatomy including feet, breastbones, and windpipes.

[3] According to The New York Times of 1888, Fussell contributed to the illustration of another famous book, Isaac Walton's Compleat Angler, the fourth edition published by John Major in London in 1844.

[4] Fussell "transferred Mr. Hering's sketches to the wood" for John Paget's 1839 Hungary and Transylvania, a book with "numerous illustrations" (47 are listed) of buildings, landscapes, curiosities and peasants.

"A. Fussel" signature on drawing in William Yarrell 's influential History of British Birds , 1843. (Enlarged detail, lower left of Snowy Owl )
Snowy Owl: one of about 500 drawings by Fussell for Yarrell's Birds
"Sclavack Peasants" from John Paget's Hungary and Transylvania , John Murray, London, 1839. Original drawing by Mr Hering. Transferred to wood by Alexander Fussel. Engraved by Orrin Smith.