Joseph M. Gleeson

Joseph Michael Gleeson (1861 – September 26, 1917)[1] was an American painter and illustrator.

He is responsible for the only painting of the 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.

Gleeson died on September 26, 1917, in Ashburn, Virginia.

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