William Wing
English painter
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William Wing (1827 - 9 January 1855, London) was an English zoological illustrator and entomologist.[1] 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.
William Wing | |
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| Born | 1827 England |
| Died | 9 January 1855 (aged 27–28) London, England |
| Occupations | Entomologist, scientific illustrator and secretary of the Entomological Society of London |
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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