John Obadiah Westwood

1805 - 1893 English

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 IX 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXVII 1848
Graeco-Latin‎ ‎MSS 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XVII 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXIII 1848
Purple‎ ‎Latin‎ ‎Gospels of the Anglo-Saxon‎ School 1845
Irish‎ ‎MSS 1845
Psalter‎ ‎of‎ ‎Ricemarchus,‎ ‎&c. 1845
Ethiopic‎ ‎and‎ ‎Coptic 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXIV 1848
The‎ ‎Gospels‎ ‎of‎ ‎Sts.‎ ‎Augustine‎ ‎and‎ ‎Cuthbert 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXVII 1848
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XL 1848
The‎ ‎Psalter‎ ‎of‎ ‎St.‎ ‎Augustine 1845
French‎ ‎MSS 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXIII 1848
The‎ ‎Gospels‎ ‎of‎ ‎Mac‎ ‎Regol 1845
The‎ ‎Book‎ ‎of‎ ‎Kells I 1845
The‎ ‎Visigothic‎ ‎Apocalypse 1845
The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXVI 1848