Burrowing Marine Life. Burrowing worms antique print. Lizars c1845

$45.00

Marine worms engraved by Lizars for Captain Brown.

Original (hand-coloured) copperplate engraving by William Home Lizars (1788-1859) after a drawing by Scottish naturalist Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862), for Brown’s “Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, drawn and coloured from nature”, published in London and Edinburgh circa 1845.

This original hand-coloured engraving is in fine condition. Page size is 300 x 235mm (approximately 12 x 9.25 inches) Plate mark is almost to the page edge.