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   Wilkes
   Benjamin
   B. W. ;
   
   
   1730 fl.
   1749 (not 1744 as mentioned by Nissen)
   
   
   
   
   England, UK
   The English moths & butterflies: together with the plants, flowers & fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found. All drawn and coloured in such a manner, as to represent their several beautiful appearances ... Together w. an attempt towards a natural history of the said moths & butterflies (1747) ;
   Royal Society of London ;
   silk-pattern designer Joseph Dandridge (1665-1747) ;
   entomological and botanical drawing
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wilkes#/media/File:Benjamin_Wilkes00.jpg ; http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/july2004.html
   Natural History Museum, London ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wilkes
   The British Aurelian (1982) ; Gilbert 2000: 154-5 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ## 4410f. ;
   English entomologist, who drew his own plates & "etched in his own hand in a new manner, whereby every design, when coloured, appears like a regular piece of painting".
   12657080
   
   







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