Thomas William Wood
ARTISTThomas William Wood was an English zoological illustrator responsible for the accurate drawings in major nineteenth-century works of natural history including Darwin's The Descent of Man and Wallace's The Malay Archipelago. He studied the courtship display behaviour of pheasants, observing them closely and publishing the first description of the double-banded argus pheasant. He illustrated many books, often of birds but also of moths and mammals.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: T. W. Wood (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Thomas William Wood, wall art & digital downloads
2 works by Thomas William Wood (British, 1833–1882) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Thomas William Wood was an English zoological illustrator responsible for the accurate drawings in major nineteenth-century works of natural history including Darwin's The Descent of Man and Wallace's The Malay Archipelago. He studied the courtship display behaviour of pheasants, observing them closely and publishing the first description of the double-banded argus pheasant. He illustrated many books, often of birds but also of moths and mammals.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Thomas William Wood's work on the site falls under Plants & Animals (2).
By movement, it's catalogued as Academic (2).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.
Other British artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Kate Greenaway — 460 artworks
- Edward Lear — 316 artworks
- Anna Atkins — 313 artworks
- Byam Shaw — 283 artworks
- Sir John Tenniel — 240 artworks
- Francis Seymour Haden — 237 artworks
- Hablot Knight Browne — 145 artworks
- Henry Justice Ford — 139 artworks
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