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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.
  • An ape of the genus callithrix sciureus standing on the ground lifting the right arm. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Above, an edible sea urchin, a star fish and a purple spantangus; below, a common octopus and a large cuttlefish. Coloured engraving by W. H. Lizars.
  • The female reproductive system: dissection of the genitalia and anus. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • The monument to John Playfair on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1828, after H. Lizars.
  • Brain: seven figures illustrating various portions, including cross-section of the base of the brain. Watercolour after(?) W.H. Lizars, ca. 1826.
  • Six winged insects and a cross-section of a proboscis of the phanaeus lancifer. Coloured engraving by W. H. Lizars.
  • A barn owl, long eared owl, raven, magpie and crow. Coloured etching by Lizars.
  • A silk dyeing factory with smoking chimneys; advertising John Pullar & Son, silk dyer and scourer at Perth, Scotland. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.
  • Heart: six figures, with blood-vessels and nerves indicated in red and blue. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1822/1826.
  • Hand: dissection, with blood vessels and nerves indicated in red and blue. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1822/1826.
  • Dissections showing the development of the foetus, from embryo to the latter stages of pregnancy: Nine figures, including an illustration of the placenta within the uterus, with umbilical cord attached. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • Brain: horizontal section showing lateral ventricles. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • Brain: dissection showing the base of the brain. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • The male reproductive system: two figures, including a section through the penis, prostate gland and bladder. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • Carolus Linnaeus. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1843, after M. Hoffmans.
  • Brain: dissection showing the lateral ventricles and mid-brain. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.
  • Fossilized organic remains of animal jaw bones and spines. Etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Brain: horizontal section. Watercolour after(?) W.H. Lizars, ca. 1826.
  • A small nailed seal (phocaleptonyx) sitting on a rock in the sea. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • John Ray. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars after Mary Beale.