Musée No:286.014 insect A spring bouquet of roses

A spring bouquet of roses

It is where she met the painter and etcher Willem Witsen

Dewing’s patron Charles Lang Freer helped the artist keep his affair hidden from his wife

(1733–1807)

He developed his interest in camouflage as a boy observing animals ‘protective’ colouring

Musée No:286.014 insect A spring bouquet of rosesEggs: 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