Musée No:286.017 Size:A5 - 210mm x 148mm He was never a healthy

He was never a healthy man and his death from tuberculosis in 1890 prompted this eulogy from the Academy “His kindly and blameless life was one of many struggles …

some of which use his children as models — and also to promote the military use of camouflage

Date:1834-1909

Artist: Sawrey Gilpin

Musée No:286.017 Size:A5 - 210mm x 148mm He was never a healthyEggs: 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