Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique prints of Sea Serpents, Seals, Walrus, etc.

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The Naturalist's Library

Sir William Jardine (publisher) • Wm. Lizars (principal engraver)
1830s-1840s, London & Edinburgh

Original hand-coloured engravings over 180 years old

Sheet size: approximately 3.5 x 6.5 inches.

Wonderful for small walls or intimate spaces. They also make great groupings of 3 or 5!

These vibrant prints are from the Ornithology volumes of The Naturalist's Library. Sir William Jardine, who edited the series, commissioned experts throughout Europe to author each of the 40 volumes organized by four major topics — mammals, birds, insects, and fish. The volumes included over 1300 hand-coloured plates produced from engravings by William Lizars, the eminent Scottish engraver and painter of topographical views.

Sir William Jardine
(1800-1874)

Please click on thumbnails below for a better look at each print.
(The digital watermark on images deters image theft and does not appear on actual print.)

Plate 29

The Great Sea Serpent
(according to Pontoppidon)

The Great Sea Serpent according to Hans Egede
Plate 28

The Great Sea Serpent
(according to Hans Egede)

Plate 18

The Sea Lion of the South Seas
(according to Forster)

$89.95

Plate ?

Phoca Proboscidea or
Sea Elephant, female

$89.95

Plate 16

Phoca Proboscidea or
Elephant Seal (male)

$89.95

Plate 6

Phoca Bicolor
Pennant's Pied Seal

$89.95

Plate 15

Phoca Mitrata
Mitred Seal
North Sea

$89.95

Plate 12

Phoca Leopardina
Sea Leopard

$89.95

Plate 14

The Crested Seal

$89.95

Plate 25

Otaria Ursina
Greenland Seas

$89.95

These are all of the
Sea Serpent, Seals,
and Sea Lion prints we
have from The Naturalist's Library.

Please check out the other
categories on the
Natural History page.

We have many more prints from "The Naturalist's Library".
Please check out the other categories on the Natural History page.

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