Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche

[1] He was born in Tønsberg, Norway, the son of ship-owner Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche, Sr. (1809–1894) and Christine Marie Rosenvinge (1839–1926).

In 1864, with a state grant, he travelled through Southern Germany and Northern Italy, sketching architectural monuments.

For many years he provided drawings for numerous German, Norwegian and Swedish magazines; notably Ny Illustrerad Tidning.

[3] In 1879, he was one of the illustrators for Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr i Udvalg, a collection of folk-tales published by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen.

[2] He was also known as a cartoonist, and created popular pictures of churches and monasteries that featured caricatures of merry priests and monks.