约翰·奥巴代亚·韦斯特伍德
开创科学昆虫插图
约翰·奥巴迪亚·韦斯特伍德是一位英国昆虫学家和考古学家,也以其艺术才华而闻名。他出版了几部关于昆虫和古物的插图著作。他是牛津大学最早拥有学术职位的昆虫学家之一。他是一位自然神学家,坚决反对达尔文主义,有时还采用五元分类的观点。尽管他从未广泛旅行,但他根据英格兰的自然学家和收藏家获得的标本,描述了来自世界各地的物种,尤其是那些体型较大、奇特且色彩鲜艳的物种。
Artworks by this artist (92 total)
- The Bible of Charles the Bald 1845
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXIII 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XL 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl V 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XVI 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXVII 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXIV 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XVII 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXVII 1848
- The Coronation Gospels of the Anglo-Saxon Kings 1845
- Icelandic, Bohemian, ahd Hungarian MSS 1845
- Psalter of King Athelstan 1845
- The Gospels of MacDurnan III 1845
- The Psalter of King Henry VI 1845
- Purple Latin Gospels of the Anglo-Saxon School 1845
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXII 1848
- Armenian Gospels 1845
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl I 1848
- The cabinet of oriental entomology Pl XXXV 1848
- Early English MSS 1845