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Above, a lesser spotted shark; middle, a porbeagle; below, a white shark. Coloured engraving by W. H. Lizars.

Boys playing in front of the Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland. Etching by W.H. Lizars after W. Burn, 1823-1836.

A butterfly, a moth and a caterpillar in a meadow. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

An ape of the genus cercocebus fuliginosus kneeling on the ground defecating. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

Brain: horizontal section. Watercolour after(?) W.H. Lizars, ca. 1826.

Brain: dissection showing a section of the right hemisphere. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.

Above, a flesh coloured fluke; middle, a long tailed imminset; below, a yellow loricaria. Coloured engraving by W. H. Lizars.

Arm and shoulder: two figures of a dissection, with blood vessels and nerves indicated in red and blue. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1822/1826.

Head and face: dissection, with blood-vessels and nerves indicated in red and blue. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1822/1826.

<p>"We have before alluded to this dog in the remarks upon Lyciscus cagottis, because the race is considered by them to be indigenous, and, in appearance, it certainly assimilates with the Caygotte. The specimen, of which we give a figure, was said to be of unmixed blood; and this is in some measure confirmed by his former owner's character, the celebrated Tecumseh, who was inwardly hostile to the white man. His dog was smaller than the Caygotte, and about equal in size to a spaniel; but what struck us as remarkable in his head, was the front view, which formed an equilateral triangle, measured from the nose to the tips of both ears, and thence from tip to tip. The animal was not sullen, and seldom uttered a howl; but his aspect was savage, and the colours of his fur were those of a common wolf."--Smith, loc. cit.</p>

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; sheet 9.7 x 16.4 cm

A dog (coyote?) sitting in a North American forest: two views. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after C.H. Smith.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 42.5 x 26 cm

Dissection showing the pregnant uterus. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 42.6 x 26 cm

Dissection of the male thorax and abdomen, showing the internal organs, including the heart, liver, intestines and reproductive organs. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; sheet 10.2 x 16.3 cm

A perameles (small marsupial of the family peramelidae) sitting in a patch of grass. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1838.

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Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859

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A dog (coyote?) sitting in a North American forest: two views. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after C.H. Smith.

Dissection showing the pregnant uterus. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

Dissection of the male thorax and abdomen, showing the internal organs, including the heart, liver, intestines and reproductive organs. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

A perameles (small marsupial of the family peramelidae) sitting in a patch of grass. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1838.

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Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859

Images

Catalogue

A dog (coyote?) sitting in a North American forest: two views. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after C.H. Smith.

Dissection showing the pregnant uterus. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

Dissection of the male thorax and abdomen, showing the internal organs, including the heart, liver, intestines and reproductive organs. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

A perameles (small marsupial of the family peramelidae) sitting in a patch of grass. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1838.

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