First director of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1820-1895)

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Xanthus : travels of discovery in Turkey / Enid Slatter.

An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.

Telmessus, Lycia. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

The uncovered head of a mummy: showing the head with the outer covering removed and the head with a pledget of tow in the mouth. Lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.

Florence Nightingale. Photogravure after G. Scharf, 1857.

Xanthus, Lycia, a view of the plain. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

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

Xanthus, Lycia, women milling. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

Xanthus, Lycia, showing some of the ancient tombs. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

Fossilised tusks, teeth and bones found at Thiede, part of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

Sir Isaac Newton. Wash drawing by G. S., 1848, after J. Simon, 1723, after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Tlos, Lycia. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

A map showing the caves and valleys of denudation in the district of Muggendorf in Bavaria, Germany. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

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George Scharf

Images from the collections

Images by George Scharf

Works from the collections

Xanthus, Lycia, women milling. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

Tlos, Lycia. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

The uncovered head of a mummy: showing the head with the outer covering removed and the head with a pledget of tow in the mouth. Lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.

A map showing the caves and valleys of denudation in the district of Muggendorf in Bavaria, Germany. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

Fossilised tusks, teeth and bones found at Thiede, part of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

Frequent collaborators

George Scharf

Images from the collections

Images by George Scharf

Works from the collections

Xanthus, Lycia, women milling. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

Tlos, Lycia. Lithograph by George Scharf junior, 1847.

The uncovered head of a mummy: showing the head with the outer covering removed and the head with a pledget of tow in the mouth. Lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.

A map showing the caves and valleys of denudation in the district of Muggendorf in Bavaria, Germany. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

Fossilised tusks, teeth and bones found at Thiede, part of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Lithograph by G. Scharf.

Frequent collaborators

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