Brain of a brain-eyed lizard. Watercolour and ink with pencil, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, 1906.

1906

1 painting : watercolour with ink and pencil ; sheet 55.9 x 77.2 cm

V 06 ; Brain eyed lizard Extensive hand-written notes on verso in pencil and pen

The name of the zoologist responsible for this drawing is not known, although the subjects of the dissections in this series of watercolours suggests an Australasian, such as Denis Gascoigne Lillie or T. Jeffery Parker. One of the specimens depicted in the series was picked up at 'W. Renton [?] beach', which has not been located

Wellcome Collection 573008i