Skull of extinct hyena

Title: Superior and frontal view of hyaena’s skull from Lawford

Creator: George Scharf

Description: The skull of an extinct species of hyena.

This image was probably produced for inclusion in William Buckland’s projected second volume of ‘Reliquiae Diluvianae’, a book about organic remains found in caves and fissures.

Date: 1825

Format: Black and white lithograph

Archive reference: LDGSL/56/1/5/1

Image reference: 03-04

Recommended print size: Up to 70 x 50cm

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