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Sir Walter Scotts Monument, c1849-1853. Creator: William Home LizarsSir Walter Scotts Monument, c1849-1853. The 200-foot high Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott in Edinburghs Princes Street Gardens was designed by George Meikle Kemp
Caffrarian Family Travelling, c1830s. Creator: William Home LizarsCaffrarian Family Travelling, c1830s. Africans holding spears, travelling with their cattle. British Kaffraria was an administrative area in what was British colonial South Africa
Edinburgh (From the Calton Hill), early-mid 19th century. Creator: William Home LizarsEdinburgh (From the Calton Hill), early-mid 19th century. View of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, with Princes Street on the right and the Castle in the distance
Relics Associated with Queen Elizabeth, 1886. Artist: William Home LizarsRelics Associated with Queen Elizabeth, 1886. Elizabeth (1533-1603) was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn
The Defence of Saragoosa, 1808-9, (1878). Artist: William Home LizarsThe Defence of Saragoosa, 1808-9, (1878). The Second Siege of Zaragoza was the French capture of the Spanish city of Zaragoza (also known as Saragossa) during the Peninsular War
Palace of Holyrood, 1831. Artist: William Home LizarsPalace of Holyrood, 1831. [Fisher Son & Co. London, 1831]
Dugald Stewart, 19th century. Artist: William Home LizarsDugald Stewart, 19th century
George I, King of Great Britain. Artist: William Home LizarsGeorge I, King of Great Britain. Portrait of George I (1660-1727), the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland. He ruled from 1714 until his death
The Naturalists Library, Ornithology, Senegal Touraco, Violet Plantain Eater, c1833-1865. Artist: William Home LizarsThe Naturalists Library, Ornithology Vol VIII, Senegal Touraco, Violet Plantain Eater, c1833-1865. Two birds from West Africa
The Naturalists Library, Ornithology Vol VIII, Red ringed Parrakeet, c1833-1865. Artist: William Home LizarsThe Naturalists Library, Ornithology Vol VIII, Red ringed Parrakeet, c1833-1865. Illustration of what may be Rose-ringed (or Ring-necked) Parakeets
The Naturalists Library, Ornithology Vol V, Ring Pigeon, c1833-1865. Artist: William Home LizarsThe Naturalists Library, Ornithology Vol V, Ring Pigeon, c1833-1865
The Naturalists Library, Entomology, Vol V, Butterflies, c1833-1865. Artist: William Home LizarsThe Naturalists Library, Entomology, Vol V, Butterflies, c1833-1865
Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Artist: William Home LizarsCarolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) (1707-1778), the founder of the modern system of plant and animal nomenclature, aged 25 in Lapland dress
Tarpan, 1830. Artist: William Home LizarsTarpan, 1830. The Tarpan was a small European wild horse, dun-coloured with a dark mane and tail. Small herds survived in remote parts of central Europe, but became extinct in the early 20th century
Black Faced Ram, mid 19th century. Artist: William Home LizarsBlack Faced Ram, mid 19th century. The Black-faced or Heath sheep was a hardy breed with good wool and well flavoured meat
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, c1830. Artist: William Home LizarsAlexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, c1830. Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology
Maria Sibylla Merian, German naturalist and flower painter. Artist: William Home LizarsMaria Sibylla Merian, German naturalist and flower painter. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) distinguished herself with her illustrations of plants, insects and animals drawn from life
