Johann Conrad Susemihl

Material for the plates came from local Darmstadt hunters and authorities on natural history, such as the naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen. Susemihl directed and executed the drawing, etching, engraving and hand-colouring, assisted by his children Eduard and Emilie, his brother Johann Theodor Susemihl (1772-1848), H. Curtmann and E. The work includes engravings of many raptors - eagles, hawks, falcons and owls, and even the images of the smaller species are rendered with fine detail, males and females of many of the species being depicted. The text describes the bird's physical form, habitat, food and nesting. Susemihl also produced the plates for the seven volume series Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände by the great German naturalist and mystic, Lorenz Oken, and published in Stuttgart by Hoffman between 1839 and 1841. Another work which he illustrated was Strom-Karte und Profile von dem Rhein in der Gegend des Siebengebirge [Current map and profiles of the Rhine in the area of the Sieben Mountains]. Written by Carl Friedrich Wiebeking (1762-1842), a government hydraulic engineer and author of a number of books, it depicts the course of the Rhine from Remagen to Bonn.

The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is visual arts, drawing and copper engraving technique. Places of work recorded in the authority are Darmstadt. Work by Johann Conrad Susemihl is recorded in the collections of Musea Brugge and Print Collection.