William Home Lizars (1788-1859); A Decorative Group of Twenty Gilt Framed & Hand-Coloured Steel Engravings of Pre-Historic Fish c.1840 sub-Antiques How fascinating the walnut is

How fascinating the walnut is

He painted garlands of flowers in Carlo Maratti's works

was filled with snow water or crushed ice – the purest water available

The condition is lived in and sound

he managed quietly to persevere in the pursuit

William Home Lizars (1788-1859); A Decorative Group of Twenty Gilt Framed & Hand-Coloured Steel Engravings of Pre-Historic Fish c.1840 sub-Antiques How fascinating the walnut isOrigin: British Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 In Frames: 7 x 4. 5 The decorative group of twenty gilt framed and hand coloured steel engravings on wove paper, of natural history interest, each showing a named species of pre historic fish, published by William Home Lizars in Edinburgh, and surviving from the second quarter of nineteenth century England. Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins,