John Obadiah Westwood

1805 - 1893 English

Artworks: 92

Pioneered scientific insect illustration

John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologists with an academic position at Oxford University. He was a natural theologian, staunchly anti-Darwinian, and sometimes adopted a quinarian viewpoint. Although he never travelled widely, he described species from around the world on the basis of specimens, especially of the larger, curious, and colourful species, obtained by naturalists and collectors in England.

Artworks by this artist (92 total)

The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXV 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XI 1848
The‎ ‎Book‎ ‎of‎ ‎Kells I 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XIV 1848
Purple‎ ‎Latin‎ ‎Gospels of the Anglo-Saxon‎ School 1845
Early‎ ‎Greek‎ ‎MSS 1845
Italian‎ ‎MSS.‎ ‎of‎ ‎the‎ ‎14th‎ ‎Century. 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl VII 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXV 1848
The‎ ‎Gospels‎ ‎of‎ ‎Mac‎ ‎Regol 1845
Lombardio‎ ‎MSS II 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XVII 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XIII 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XLI 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XX 1848
Syriac‎ ‎MSS 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XVIII 1848
The‎ ‎Prayer‎ ‎Book‎ ‎of‎ ‎Mary‎ ‎of‎ ‎Burgundy 1845
The‎ ‎Psalter‎ ‎of‎ ‎King‎ ‎Henry‎ ‎VI 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXVI 1848