> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 204](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066544) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11579-1) LSID 11579-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612510) QID Q21612510 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author West, Tuffen (1823-1891), British botanical artist; studied at York; settled in London as illustrator of "microscope books". **Abbreviated name**: *T. West* \[standard form in IPNI: *T.West*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 479; BB p. 321; BM 5: 2296; CSP 6: 328, 8: 1222; Desmond p. 651 (d. 19 Mar 1891); De Toni 1: cxxx, 2: cxxi; NI 943, 1868, 2163; Nordstedt p. 32; Rehder 2: 768; TL-1/2921; TL-2/1504, 12.305. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1892: 47 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 255: 796. 1955; J. Bot. 29: 224. 1891 (obit. not.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 207.16, 328.6. 1980. #### Composite works - (1) Illustrated William Smith (1808-1857), *A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae* 1853-1856, TL-2/12.305. - (2) Illustrated A.S. Donkin, *The natural history of the British Diatomaceae* 1870-1873, TL-2/1504. - (3) Illustrated (4 pl.) J.E. Eliot, *The Quinology of the East Indian plantations* 1869-1876, see NI 943. - (4) Illustrated William Crawford Williamson, *On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain *1858, see NI 2163. - (5) Illustrated *Common objects of the microscope*, London 1864, iv, 188 p., *12 pl*. (col.). - (6) Illustrated, J. Hogg, *The microscope*: its history... London 1867. #### Note New taxa in *Remarks on some Diatomaceae* new or imperfectly described and a new Desmid, Trans. R. Micr. Soc. ser. 2. 8: 147-153. *pl*. 7. 1860. ### Publications ##### n.17.222. Half-hours with the microscope **Title** *Half-hours with the microscope*; being a popular guide to the use of the microscope as a means of amusement and instruction. Illustrated from nature, by Tuffen West. London (Robert Hardwicke,...) \[1859\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Half-hours microsc*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1859, p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi\], \[1\]-84, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: PH. – Later edition by E. Lancaster 1863, n.v.