Lizars Collection

Annas hummingbird, Calypte anna (Duchess of Rivolis hummingbird, Trochilus anna). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Juan Fernandez firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis (female). Critically endangered. (Stokes hummingbird, Trochilus stokesii)

White-eared hummingbird, Hylocharis leucotis (Trochilus leucotis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh

Linnaeus / Lizars
CARL VON LINNE, ka LINNAEUS Swedish naturalist in Lapland dress, 1732

Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus (Great bearded seal, Phoca barbata). North Seas. From a specimen in Edinburgh Royal Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Kraken attacking a fishing boat off the coast of Angola
Kraken or giant cuttlefish attacking a fishing boat off the coast of Angola. After a description by Pierre Denys de Montfort in his Natural History of the Mollusca

Great sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H

Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), German zoologist and botanist. Portrait engraved on steel by W.H. Lizars, from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library, 1833, Edinburgh

Kalmyk man and Japanese sumo wrestler with chonmage (topknot) and beard. Swarthy Kalmucks, Eleuth and Japanese prizefighter. Mongoles

Chinese man and Nogai Tatar man
Chinese man and Tatar man of the Nogai Horde. Mongolic Races. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species

The Aztec king Montezuma II and Tuscarora
Portrait of Montezuma II, Aztec Emperor of Mexico, in gold crown and gorgette, and of David Cusick, a Tuscarora Baptist preacher and author, in western clothes

Tattooed man of Halmahera, Maluku Islands
Tattooed man of Halmahera (Gilolo), Maluku Islands (Moluccas), and Berilla, an Edjow Galla, Abyssinia (Caucaso-Ethiop). Copied from an illustration in Henry Salts A Voyage to Abyssinia, 1814

Manchu man, Mongol with pigtail, and Eleuth Mongol man
Manchu (Niuchi) man, Mongol with moustache and pigtail, and Eleuth Mongol man. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of

Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (White-bodied grakle, Lamprotornis leucogaster). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Splendid glossy starling (Senegal), Lamprotornis splendidus chrysonotis (Golden eared grakle, Lamprotornis chrysonotis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by

Pied crow, Corvus albus. (Senegal white-backed crow, Corvus leuconotus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa

Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus. (Black-chinned gosshawk, Aster monogrammicus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco and violet turaco
Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart

White-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha albicapilla (Lesser white-crowned rock thrush, Petrocincla albicapilla). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Red-tailed leaflove, Phyllastrephus scandens
Red-tailed leaflove or climbing leaflove, Phyllastrephus scandens. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Oriole warbler, Hypergerus atriceps. (Oriale babbler, Crateropus oriolides.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western

Sooty falcon, Falco concolor. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Northern black-flycatcher, Melaenornis edolioides. (Walking drongo shrike, Melasoma edolioides.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, Campephaga phoenicea
Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, male, Campephaga phoenicea. (Crimson-shouldered caterpillar catcher.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

White-crested helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus. (White plumed shrike.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Yellow-crowned gonolek, Laniarius barbarus
Yellow-crowned gonolek or common gonolek, Laniarius barbarus. (Barbary bush shrike, yellow-crowned bush shrike, Malaconotus barbarus)

Orange-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. (Orange-breasted bush shrike, Malaconotus chrysagaster)

Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Large grey-headed bush shirke, Malaconutus olivaceus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Head of the Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni. Senegal touraco, Corythaix senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Head of the western plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator (Variegated plantain eater, crested plantain eater, Chizoeris variegata)

Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera ruficollis. (Rufous-necked falcon, Falco ruficollis.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Head of the violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Head of the violet turaco, Violet plantain eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Yellow-fronted canary (Senegal), Crithagra mozambica caniceps (Yellow-rumped bullfinch, Crithagra chrysopyga). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis (Yellow-bellied bunting, Fringillaria capensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

Red-winged pytilia, Pytilia phoenicoptera (Red-winged bengaly, Pytilia phaenicoptera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata
Cut-throat finch or ribbon finch, Amadina fasciata. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Black-winged red bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus (Crimson-crowned weaver, Euplectes flammiceps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Olive-naped weaver, Ploceus brachypterus
Olive-naped weaver or round-winged weaver, Ploceus brachypterus. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides
African cuckoo-hawk or cuckoo falcon, Aviceda cuculoides. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Illuminated calendar for September 1846
Calendar for September with figures of Micah and St. Matthew, quote from Timothy, disciple, woman with scales, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Reindeer or caribou, Rangifer tarandus. After an engraving by William Lizars. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Skeleton of an extinct Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus (Cervus giganteus) with human skeleton. After an engraving by William Lizars

European roe deer, Capreolus capreolus (Roe deer, Cervus capreolus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Red deer stag, Cervus elaphus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit or burrowing hare, Lepus cuniculus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists

Hare, Lepus timidus in winter pelage (White hare, Lepus variabilis). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Hare, Lepus timidus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

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