#John Obadiah Westwood

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Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules). The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

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Eucheirus (Cheirotonus) Macleaii Pl I | The cabinet of oriental entomology (1848) | John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)

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Circle of Benjamin West (b.1738 - d.1820), 'Portrait of a Gentleman and a Boy, possibly of the Littleton Family', oil on canvas, 1700s, British/American, sold for 1,275 GBP in Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale, October 2019; London, England.

Possibly, formerly from the collection of John Obadiah Westwood; presumably John Obadiah Westwood (b.1805 - d.1893), English entomologist and archaeologist.

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Bevy of Butterflies!

🦋 A kaleidoscope of beautiful British butterflies!🦋 

SciArt by William Wood for his Index Entomologicus, revised by John Obadiah Westwood. View more in @biodivlibrary with thanks to @smithsonianlibraries for digitizing. 

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A few highlights from John O. Westwood’s sensational Victorian facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish medieval manuscripts.⠀ ⠀ While the style of the Book of Kells has by now grown relatively familiar, the lithographs of the many lesser-known manuscripts which appear in Westwood’s 1868 book reveal the astonishing variety of styles available to these artists, over a thousand years ago. Westwood’s intricate reproductions show us not only the artists’ ornate Celtic knots and squiggles but also their bold use of color and inventive integration of images and letters.⠀ ⠀ It sold for £21 in his day, that's a whopping £1300 in today’s money⠀ ⠀ John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893) was a bona fide polymath. An archaeologist, entomologist, editor, artist, and art historian, he was a regular contributor to the Gardner’s Chronicle, a founder of the Entomological Society of London, and the author of books about everything from sessile-eyed crustaceans to the early sculptured stones of Wales.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #manuscripts #art #medievalart #medieval #religion #bookofkells #books #illustration #celtic https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CPgLanjzy/?igshid=47oqtugqg93p

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The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and butterflies, together with the plants on which they feed 

plate explanations here

By Harris, Moses, 1731-1785   Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893

Publication info London :Henry G. Bohn ...,1840. BHL Collections: Smithsonian Libraries

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Butterfly (Hipparchus zonarius) and Moths (Eupatula macrops, Callimorpha panthorea). #SciArt by John Obadiah Westwood for Edward Donovan, Natural History of the Insects of China (1842). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8642699 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Butterflies #Moths #Lepidoptera #Insects #Entomology #China #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections

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El mosquito gigante: alas de 11 cm y no cabe en la mano

Un mosquito gigante de 11,15 centímetros de envergadura ha sido descubierto por entomólogos de la provincia suroccidental china de Sichuan, informó hoy la agencia oficial Xinhua. El mosquito pertenece a la especie "holorusia mikado", descubierta en 1876 por el entomólogo británico John Obadiah Westwood durante investigaciones en Japón, aunque normalmente sus ejemplares no sobrepasan los ocho centímetros de longitud entre los extremos de sus alas.

etiquetas: mosquito, grande, mundo, holorusia mikado, gigante, china

» noticia original (www.elespanol.com)

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Butterflies 1865 SciArt by John Obadiah Westwood. Alfred Wallace's Papilionidae of the Malayan Region (1865) in BHLib: http://ow.ly/GaoZ30fyVMX (via Twitter: Historical SciArt)

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Acherontia sp. The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

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The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

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IDs via Wikimedia;

Goneplax rhomboides (syn:Goneplax angulata). Astacilla longicornis (syn:Arcturus longicornis). Limnoria lignorum (syn:Limnoria terebrans). Pycnogonum litorale (syn:Pycnogonum balaenarum). Julus terrestris (Common millipede) Dysdera erythrina Petrobius maritimus (Sea or Shore bristletail) Haematopinus suis (Hog louse)

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"Cynthia Orythia Var. (China)." The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

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Monograph of the Lepidopterous Genus Castnia and Some Allied Groups. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1875.

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1.) Prometheus zagraea salvina

2.) Zegara zagraea

3.) Castnia cratina (?)

4.) Duboisvalia cononia

5.) Duboisvalia ecuadoria

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Monograph of the Lepidopterous Genus Castnia and Some Allied Groups. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1875.

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1.) Corybantes veraguana

2.) Castnia ardalas(?)

3.) Synpalamides phalaris

4.) Feschaeria amycus

5.) Yagra dalmannii

6.) Hista fabricii

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Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes). The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

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