Dr. Wolff, 1844. Portrait of German missionary Joseph Wolff who was held captive by Emir Nasrullah Khan in Bukhara, (in modern day Uzbekistan): '...his playfulness as well as his spirits, may be characterised even as occasionally boyish; but his general manner breathes a consciousness of that powerful energy of mind, which has enabled him to preach fluently in ten different languages, and converse in fourteen; and to surmount, single-handed, difficulties and dangers in his travels, which might well have overcome an expedition. His voice is deep, most emphatic, and sonorous in its tone; and his
Dr. Wolff, 1844. Portrait of German missionary Joseph Wolff who was held captive by Emir Nasrullah Khan in Bukhara, (in modern day Uzbekistan): '...his playfulness as well as his spirits, may be characterised even as occasionally boyish; but his general manner breathes a consciousness of that powerful energy of mind, which has enabled him to preach fluently in ten different languages, and converse in fourteen; and to surmount, single-handed, difficulties and dangers in his travels, which might well have overcome an expedition. His voice is deep, most emphatic, and sonorous in its tone; and his enthusiasm bursts out in most brilliant flashes of dramatic and poetic fancy and feeling: "he is", adds our correspondent, "a lineal descendant, I understand, of Moses himself"'.From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.
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