Lizars Collection (page 7)

Wolf fish, Hoplias malabaricus
Wolf fish, tiger fish or trahira, Hoplias malabaricus (Haimura, Erythrinus macrodon). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Banded schizodon or boga lisa, Schizodon fasciatus. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Payara, Hydrolycus armatus (Strong-toothed hydrocyon, Hydrocyon? armatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Cuviers pike-characin, Boulengerella cuvieri (Ocellated xiphostoma, Xiphostoma ocellatum). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Tetragonopterus chalceus (Schomburgks tetragonopterus, Tetragonopterus schomburgkii). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Pacu or pacupeba, Myleus pacu (Pacu of Guiana, Myletes pacu). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Spotted piranha, Serrasalmus marginatus (Red-bordered saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo emarginatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Red-eye piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus. Black saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo niger. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of

Pygopristis denticulata piranha (Spotted saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo punctatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes

Piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, Pygocentrus piraya (Piranha saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo piranha). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Hemiodus unimaculatus (Black-marked anodus, Anodus notatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Pink-tailed chalceus, Chalceus macrolepidotus. (Large-scaled chalceus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

South American trout 1 and halfline leporinus 2
South American trout, Brycon falcatus (thick-lipped chalceus, Chalceus labrosus) 1, and halfline leporinus, Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (black-striped chalceus, Chalceus nigro-taeniatus) 2

Silver arowana, Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Arowana of Guiana, Osteoglossum arowana). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes

Arapaima, Arapaima gigas (Gigantic sudis, Sudis gigas). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana

Ulisse Aldrovandi or Aldrovandus (1522 -1605), Italian naturalist and founder of Bolognas botanical garden. Portrait engraved on steel by W.H

John Ray, English botanist and zoologist (1627-1701)
John Ray, English botanist and zoologist, author of Historia Plantarum (1627-1701). Portrait engraved on steel by W.H. Lizars, from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library, 1833, Edinburgh

Manchu mandarin and Miao mountaineer, China
Manchu mandarin in fur coat, beard and hat with peacock feather, and Miao mountaineer from southern China. (Sketched from the body of a man killed in the Opium Wars against the British)

Mehmed the Conqueror and Nadir Shah
Portraits of Mohammed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan, showing the Turkish Ouralian character, and Nadir Shah, or Thamas Kouli Khan, or the Slave of Thamas, 18th century conqueror

Inuit man of Baffin Bay and Inuit woman of Uummannaq Fjord
Inuit man of Prince Regents Bay (inlet in Baffin Bay) and Inuit woman of Jacobs Bight (Uummannaq Fjord). Esquimaux (Eskimo) people

Sami people or Lapps. Jannes Holm in fur hat and collar, and his wife in fur-trimmed hat, Norway Laplanders. Hyperboreans or Finns

Aleut man of Unalaska and Itelmen man of Kamchatka
Aleut man of Unalaska in hat, and Itelmen man of Kamchatka in fur hat and collar. Oonalshka and Kamtchatka, Mongolic Race

Man of the Yellowknives nation and of the Sekani nation
Man of the Yellowknives, Copper or T atsaot ine nation and man of the Sekani nation (Cluche) with rabbit-ear hat sketched in New York. Copper Indian and Cluche (Rocky Mountain) Indian

Hidatsa warrior (Moennitarri) and Otoe chief. North American people: Moennitarre Indian and Oto Indian. After Karl Bodmers portraits for Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian of Neuwied

Natives of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia
Bout Alikhooki, Tierra del Fuego man drawn from life in European clothes at Plymouth, and Patagonian of Cape Gregory in llama fur coat. Natives of South America

Ngate chief Te Kewiti and tattooed Maori man, New Zealand
Portrait of Te Kewiti, son of Te Kauwain, young chief of the Maori Ngate Watnas, New Zealand, and portrait of a tattooed Maori, New Zealander, drawn in London by Agasse

Papua-Malay girl from the island of Tikiene
Elau, a Papua-Malay girl from the cannibal island of Tikiene, and a man of Malakula, Vanuatu (Malicolo). Polynesians with elevated foreheads

Man and woman of the Garrow people, Indo-Chinese
Man and woman of the Garrow people in bandana, hoop earrings and necklaces. Indo-Chinese tribe from east of the Brahmaputra River, Indo-China

Young Nubian woman and Ababde man. Ethiopian mixed-race people. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species

Cutthroat man and woman from Bioko island (Fernando Po). People of the extinct Guanche people. From drawings by Captain Filmore

Portraits of San people, South Africa
Portraits of San (Bushman) woman and man, South Africa. The man was a private soldier in the Cape Rifles, drawn by Captain Nelson

Maned wolf or Aguara Guazu, Chrysocyon brachyurus.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Falkland Island Aguara-dog, Dusicyon australis. Extinct around 1870.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines

Hoary fox, Lycalopex vetulus.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Dogs published by W. H

Corsac fox, Vulpes corsac.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Dogs published by W. H

Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis Endangered
Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis. Endangered.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

North American prairie wolf or coyote, Canis latrans.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Great Plains wolf or buffalo wolf, Canis lupus nubilus. Threatened.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines

Various Reptiles / Lizars
1. Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) 2. Mephitic Toad (Lacerta aurita) 3. Green Frog (Rana clamitans) 4. Horned Toad (genus Phrynosoma) Date: mid 19th century

John Walker (Lizars)
John Walker (1731 - 1803) Scottish botanist

Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, extinct.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Edward Lear from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology, Pigeons

Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla. Critically endangered.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars after an illustration by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William

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