Painter, draughtsman and lithographer (1788-1860)

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Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal: front view. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal as viewed from above. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

Travellers in Chile arrive at a village by night. Coloured lithograph by G. Scharf after P. Schmidtmeyer.

Head of James Cardinal: a man with a deformed skull. Drawing attributed to G. Scharf, c. 1830.

Head of James Cardinal: a man with a deformed skull. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

The skull of an epileptic as viewed from above. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

Garden of John Penn, St James's Park: A charity fair for Charing Cross Hospital. Coloured lithograph by G. Scharf, 1830.

Inside the top half of a skull of an epileptic. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal: profile view. Drawing attributed to G. Scharf, c. 1830.

Two travellers and a patient on a stretcher travel towards the baths at Cauquenes, Chile. Coloured lithograph by G. Scharf.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal as viewed from above. Drawing attributed to G. Scharf, c. 1830.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche.

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George Johann Scharf

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Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal as viewed from above. Drawing attributed to G. Scharf, c. 1830.

The skull of an epileptic as viewed from above. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

Animals and plants of Dorset in the Liassic period. Lithograph by G. Scharf after H.T. de la Bèche.

The deformed skull of James Cardinal as viewed from above. Lithograph after G. Scharf for Richard Bright, 1830.

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