| & William West (1828 – 1870) & Edward Newman (1801 - 1876) Chromo-Lithograph Printers | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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| & William West (1828 – 1870) & Edward Newman (1801 - 1876) Chromo-Lithograph Printers | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Following the dissolution of 'Ford & West' in 1858, printer William West continued on his own as 'W. West', under which name he famously printed the only illustration in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Later in 1859, West partnered with Edward Newman, the famous publisher of The Zoologist. The company now named 'West, Newman & Co.' then continued, becoming prominent in the late 19th and early 20th-century printing, engraving, lithographic, and publishing firm, even after the deaths of West and Newman, still based in Hatton Garden. They produced and printed the multi-plate chromo-lithographs required to generate detailed multi-coloured illustrations in scientific transactions for museums, government departments, and learned societies in Britain, India, and South Africa.
Over the years, West's companies were the primary printers of many entomological publications, including
Paradoxically, plates for some publications were kept even though funding
ceased, and the publication was not continued until some years later,
when funding did become available. The old plates were then used,
even though in some cases the artists who prepared them had died in the interim.
Copies of some illustrations in this website printed by these companies, drawn by
Pusa Institute artists
for Harold Maxwell-Lefroy -
Parapoynx stagnalis
ACENTROPINAE
Bombyx mori
BOMBYCIDAE
Phthorimaea operculella
GELECHIIDAE
Hypsopygia mauritialis
PYRALINAE
Antigastra catalaunalis
SPILOMELINAE
Copies of illustrations in this website printed by these companies, for
William Buckler -
Agrius convolvuli
Agrius convolvuli
Copies of illustrations in this website printed by these companies, for
Arthur_Gardiner_Butler -
Synemon laeta
Synemon plana
Synemon sophia
Synemon theresa
Pollanisus apicalis
Pollanisus cupreus
Myrtartona rufiventris
Hestiochora tricolor
Pollanisus trimacula
Copies of some illustrations in this website printed by these companies, for
George F. Hampson -
Paracataclysta fuscalis
ACENTROPINAE
EREBIDAE
NOCTUIDAE
NOLIDAE
SPHINGIDAE
Agrius convolvuli
Agrius convolvuli
ZYGAENIDAE
Pollanisus apicalis
Pollanisus cupreus
Myrtartona rufiventris
Hestiochora tricolor
Pollanisus trimacula
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