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Gerardus Johannes Bos (Leiden, 9 April 1825 – 13 May 1898) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and lithographer. Bos was born on Breedestraat, district 4 no. 324 in Leiden on 9 April 1825 as the son of watchmaker Christiaan Bos and his wife Johanna Maria Domus. His first marriage was on 11 May 1853 to Anna Margaretha Buys (Leiden, 8 August 1824 – 30 November 1885). His second marriage was on July 6, 1887 to Agatha Jacoba Bos (Leiden, January 22, 1838 – March 2, 1920). He lived at the Rapenburg. Bos was a student of Hendrik Langelaan (Leiden, 1799 – London, 1879) and J.L. Cornet and specialized in painting landscapes and animals. He was best known for his illustrations for children’s books. Among his other illustrations were those for the two-part album De Stad Leiden (1859-1860), for which A. Montagne (Jz.) Wrote the lyrics. Together with his brother Christiaan Bos (Leiden, December 6, 1835 – Oegstgeest, September 12, 1918) he also ran a lithographic printing company. Jan Elias Kikkert was a student and later employee of Bos. Floris Verster was also his pupil in the seventies of the 19th century. Bos held many social functions. He was director of the Leiden Painting and Drawing Academy Ars Aemula Naturae, director of the Mathesis Scientiarum Genitrix Society, deacon of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, and raining of the Evangelical Orphanage and Old Man’s Home.