William Wing

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plate by William Wing from Transactions of the Entomological Society for 1848.to illustrate Descriptions of some new Secies of Mydasidae from Western Australia by John Obadiah Westwood
plate by William Wing from Transactions of the Entomological Society for 1848.to illustrate Descriptions of some new Secies of Mydasidae from Western Australia by John Obadiah Westwood

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William Wing (1827 -9 January 1855, London) was an English zoological illustrator and entomologist. He was a member of the Entomological Society of London from 1847 and in 1853-1854 assisted John William Douglas his role as Minutes Secretary. Wing illustrated many zoological and entomological works including John MacGillivray 's Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake. 2 vols, Boone, London 1852.His watercolours of South Australian Lepidoptera are in the Art Gallery of South Australia.In 1847 his address was 17, Priory Road, South Lambeth,London.

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