Engraving of lizards, handwritten label 'Cnemidophorus' and 'Gigas' above

An engraved plate shows lizards in ink on pale paper. A large dark lizard with a long tail runs diagonally across the lower half, while above it a smaller lizard with a banded body and a pale, grid-patterned head is drawn in outline. Small detail sketches of scales and a tail appear at the right.

Artist

Richard

Date

1855

Medium

paper (overall materials) ink (overall materials)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

4000 × 3104 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History