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William Wing

1827 – 1855

English zoological illustrator

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About William Wing

Lived 1827 – 1855 (aged 27–28). William Wing was a painter, entomologist and scientific illustrator.

Plate by William Wing from Transactions of the Entomological Society for 1848 to illustrate "Descriptions of some new Species of Mydasidae from Western Australia" by John Obadiah WestwoodWilliam 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), Synopsis of the Species of Whales and Dolphins in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray, The Natural History of the British Entomostraca by William Baird and lithography for Albany Hancock's illustrations for A Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca.

A number of 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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1827, England
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Also known as
W. W., W. Wing

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English zoological illustrator (1827-1855)

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William Wing was born in 1827 in England.

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William Wing died on 9 January 1855 in London.

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William Wing was a painter, entomologist and scientific illustrator.

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· Wikipedia: William Wing

· Wikidata: Q8020472

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