Musée No:286.018 yellow Artist: Watanabe Seitei

Artist: Watanabe Seitei

was a painter and botanist from Belgium

his father sold one of his floral still lifes when he was only 15

It was the outcome of 14 years' work and described 200 species

(1811 –1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae

Musée No:286.018 yellow Artist: Watanabe SeiteiEggs: Great Britain Artist: William Hewitson Date: 1833 William Chapman Hewitson, (1806 1878), was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, he was particularly devoted to beetles, butterflies and moths and, also, to birds' nests and eggs. His collection of butterflies, collected by him as well as purchased from travellers throughout the world, was one of the largest and most important of his time. He contributed to and published many works on