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

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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.
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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.

    Smith, Charles Hamilton. | Date: [1840] | Reference: 40721i
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    Dissection showing the pregnant uterus. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1827.

    Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859. | Date: [1827?] | Reference: 579940i
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    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.

    Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859. | Date: [1827?] | Reference: 579966i
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    A perameles (small marsupial of the family peramelidae) sitting in a patch of grass. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.

    | Reference: 40718i
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    Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1838.

    | Date: 1838 | Reference: 494i
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