JOHN LIZARS
(15 May 1792–21 May 1860)
Book plate illustration of dissection of right testis
published Edinburgh 1856
John Lizars was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons corresponding member of the Medical Society of Emulation in Paris and teacher of Anatomy and Surgery Edinburgh.
Besides authoring an early work on the dangers of tobacco The Use and abuse of Tobacco, Lizars published a number of important and beautifully illustrated anatomical texts in the early 19th century.
42 cm x 28 cm
Trowbridge Gallery London
PROVENANCE: Gift of Barry Humphries to Michael Ball AO