Georg Wilhelm Winter (1844–1900) and Friedrich (Fritz) Winter (1878-1917) artists and lithographers

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

Anstalt von Werner & Winter, was a renowned German printing firm in Frankfurt am Main, first listed in 1871, founded by Georg Wilhelm Winter, with assistance from a Werner partner. After Georg's death in 1900, the firm was run by his son Fritz Winter.

Werner & Winter became famous for Chromolithography (multicolor lithographic printing) They specialised in scientific plates for zoology, ichthyology, entomology, and botany.

In 1927, they merged with 'R. Th. Hauser & Co'., also in Frankfurt, to form 'Hauserpresse Werner & Winter GmbH'.

They were employed by a number of entomologists to draw, engrave, and print the illustrations in their multi-volume theses, including :

Adalbert Seitz for his work The Macrolepidoptera of the World (1912 - 1954).

Some copies of prints made by Werner & Winter in these webpages for Semper :

Aplotelia tripartita

Aplotelia tripartita

Sarobacala albopunctata

Some copies of prints made by Werner & Winter in these webpages for Seitz :

Anthela subfalcata	Hestiochora tricolor	Micraeschus rufipallens	Microedma extorris
Pollanisus trimacula	Pollanisus viridipulverulenta	Synemon catocaloides	Synemon collecta
Synemon directa	Synemon discalis	Synemon gratiosa	Synemon heliopis

in progress

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 18 July 2026, updated 21 September 2026)