Proposed project to digitize "Jones' Icones"

bretcal1 bretcal1 at verizon.net
Tue Apr 20 17:48:51 EDT 2010


The Lepidoptera drawings by William Jones (1745-1818) served as the basis of many new species described by the Danish naturalist Johann C. Fabricius.  Additional drawings were cited by Fabricius as supplemental indications of other species that he described.  These illustrations, commonly known as "Jones' Icones," are preserved in the Hope Library of Entomology, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.  They have repeatedly proven useful in clarifying many of Fabricius' species concepts.  

 

Dick Vane-Wright (former Keeper (Head) of the Dept. of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London) has proposed a project to digitize all of Jones' drawings and make them available online.  Following two unsuccessful attempts over the past 130 years to publish the "Icones," the internet now provides a much more accessible format.  

 

To learn more about this project, and to offer your support, visit the website "Butterflies of America" (http://butterfliesofamerica.com/) and download Dick Van-Wright's recent article, "William Jones of Chelsea (1745-1818) and the need for a digital, online 'Icones'" (Antenna 34:16-21).  Please share this announcement with anyone who may have an interest in these valuable manuscripts.   

 

Direct link to Dick's article:

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/docs/Vane-Wright_William_Jones.pdf  



John Calhoun
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