Westwood

Entomologist and Artist
John Obadiah Westwood
(1805 – 1893)

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

John O. Westwood was born in Sheffield, the son of a medal and die maker. After an apprenticeship as a solicitor, he began making a living reproducing Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts. He became an archaeologist, entomologist and artist, In 1824 he met Frederick William Hope, who later became Professor of Entomology at Oxford University. Hope donated his entomological collection to Oxford University, and Westwood was appointed Curator of the collection.

Westwood used lithographs by Charles Berjeau printed by M. & N. Hanhart for illustrations in his monograph A monograph of the Lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied groups.

Copies of illustrations in this website drawn by John O. Westwood :-

Hecatesia exultans
Synemon directa
Synemon gratiosa
Synemon notha

Synemon nupta
Synemon obscurella