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Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged man holding a book, with putti and a laboratory scene in the cartouche below.

Caspar Neumann. Line engraving by J.G. Wolffgang, 1734, after A. Pesne

Johann Georg Kruenitz. Line engraving by J.C. Krüger after F.E. Wagner

Friedrich Erhard Wagner

Aemilia Lepida, wife of Galba, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian

Line engraving of Edward Jenner seated with a book, with a milkmaid and cows in a vignette and a sacred cow at upper right.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by A. M. Monsaldi after J. Northcote and J. R. Smith

John Raphael Smith

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly bearded man with curly hair, shown as a classical bust in a stone niche, labelled Galen.

Jan Lutma the elder, designated as Galen. Mezzotint by J. Faber the elder, 17--, after J. Lutma the younger

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, framed by an ornate cartouche with a coat of arms.

Giovanni Battista Capponi. Line engraving by L. Tinti

Lithographic portrait of a man with a full mustache and dark coat, with a handwritten signature below.

Sir Henry Thompson. Lithograph, 1887, after J. E. Millais

John Everett Millais

Thomas Wright. Line engraving by P. Fourdrinier after G. Allen

Paul Fourdrinier

Engraved oval portrait of King Charles I in lace collar, with ornate frame, crowned coat of arms and motto ribbon below.

King Charles I. Engraving by T. Woodman and H. Mutlow, ca. 1784, after A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Christian Friedrich Elsner. Line engraving by J. H. Lips after C. Vernet

Jean de Gorris [Gorraeus]. Woodcut by Mary Byfield, ca. 1812

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, surrounded by books, scrolls, shells and a Latin inscription below.

George Holmes. Etching by G. Vertue, 1749, after R. van Bleeck, 1743

Richard van Bleeck

Engraving of four oval portraits of 17th-century men in period dress, each with a decorative caption label beneath.

Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1678

Etched bust portrait of a balding man with curly side hair and a cravat, labelled Mr Dubois.

Antoine, Baron Dubois. Etching by J. Frémy after L. L. Boilly

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Engraved portrait of Philippe Hecquet in a curled periwig and dark gown, with French caption and verse below.

Philippe Hecquet. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1742, after Marie-Anne Chéron, Mme. Belle

Marie-Anne Chéron

Photogravure portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark overcoat holding a top hat, against a dark background.

Charles Robert Darwin. Photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1881

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a curled wig and ermine robe, framed by a Prince of Wales coronet and ICH DIEN scrol

King George II as Prince of Wales. Engraving by G. Vertue after G. Kneller, 1724

Godfrey Kneller

Jan Ingenhousz. Etching by D. Cunego, 1769, after A.L.L.

Domenico Cunego

Engraved portrait of Hippocrates, an old bearded man in a hood, resting a hand on a book, with inscriptions below.

Hippocrates. Line engraving by P. Aubry II

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat, framed by scrolls, birds, a lion and a boar.

Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving

Joannes Cornelius Uterverius

Oval stipple portrait of a woman with curled hair under a crown and feathers, with engraved dedication text below.

Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, head and shoulders. Stipple print after Cornelius Höÿer, ca. 1795

Cornelius F. Höyer

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with Latin inscriptions and a verse caption below.

Ludolph Smids. Mezzotint by P. Schenck

Peter Schenk the Elder

Lithograph portrait of George Renny, seated man in dark jacket and white cravat, with printed caption below.

George Renny. Lithograph by H. O'Neill, 1848

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark velvet coat, resting his hand on a stack of books.

Alexander Small. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, after B. Dandridge

Bartholomew Dandridge

Stipple engraving of William Woodville seated under a tree, resting his head on his hand, with cattle in a landscape below.

William Woodville. Stipple engraving by L.(?) Perrot, 1803, after Antoine Ansiaux

Antoine Ansiaux

Line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and period coat, in an oval frame, labelled J.J. Rousseau.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by M. Salvador Carmona, 1763, after R. Gardelle, 1754

Robert Gardelle

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wide hat and dark cloak holding a small instrument, with a landscape and Latin inscription.

Frère Jacques de Beaulieu [Baulot]. Mezzotint by P. Schenk after J. Pool

1665 or 1666-1745 Pool Juriaan

Henry Solomon Wellcome. Pen drawing with pencil underdrawing by F. Reynolds, 1900

Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes. Reproduction after a pencil drawing by G. Shaw, 1957

Lithograph caricature of a seated man in dark clothes with a crowd of crowned figures and an eagle emblem behind him.

Albert Edouard Charles Robin. Lithograph by J. Veber