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Stipple engraving of seated John Latham in an embroidered robe, with a ceremonial mace and book on a draped table.

John Latham. Stipple engraving by R. W. Sievier, 1816, after J. Jackson, 1816

Stipple engraving portrait of John Heaviside, a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed name and signature below.

John Heaviside. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran, 1847, after Sir W. Beechey

William Beechey

Stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar, captioned W. Harvey, M.D.

William Harvey. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after C. Janssen

Mezzotint portrait of a white-haired man in ornate civic robes with a chain of office, resting his hand on a document.

Sir Matthew Wood. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1817, after Lady Bell

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with wavy hair and a dark cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

William Pulteney Alison. Stipple engraving by J. H. Robinson, 1849, after G. Richmond

George Richmond

Stipple engraving portrait of James Gregory with long curly hair, white collar and dark gown, hand resting on a globe.

James Gregory. Stipple engraving by W. Holl

Mezzotint portrait of John Mudge in a dark turban, reading an open book beside stacked volumes.

John Mudge. Mezzotint by S. W. Reynolds, 1838, after Sir J. Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, captioned Sir John Pringle.

Sir John Pringle. Stipple engraving by W. H. Mote after Sir J. Reynolds, 1774

Joshua Reynolds

Stipple engraving portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, before a bookshelf, with signature below.

James Blundell. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after H. Room

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat beside a microscope and lamp on a table.

John Thomas Quekett. Mezzotint by W. Walker, c. 1850, after E. Walker

Elizabeth Walker

Stipple engraving portrait of Friedrich Wöhler in a dark coat and cravat, with a curtain at the right edge.

Friedrich Wöhler. Stipple engraving by C. Cook after C. L'Allemand

Conrad L'Allemand

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat beside a desk with an inkwell and quill pen.

John Ayrton Paris. Mezzotint by S. Bellin, 1840, after C. Skottowe, 1838

Charles Skottowe

Mezzotint portrait of William Cheselden in a cap and buttoned coat against a dark background, with engraved inscription below

William Cheselden. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1753, after J. Richardson

Jonathan Richardson

Stipple engraving of Professor John Playfair seated at a desk with a quill, wearing spectacles, bookshelves behind him.

John Playfair. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1819

Mezzotint portrait of a man with light hair in a dark gown and patterned sash, holding a book, with engraved caption below.

Sir William Blizard. Mezzotint by S. W. Reynolds after J. Opie

Louis Proust. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after M. Albuerne

Manuel Albuerne

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig reading an open book beside an inkwell, inscribed Gulielmus Cadogan M.D.

William Cadogan. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1772, after R. E. Pine, 1769

Robert Edge Pine

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man beside a microscope and lamp, with a handwritten signature below.

John Thomas Quekett. Mezzotint by W. Walker after E. Walker

Elizabeth Walker

Mezzotint portrait of Albrecht von Haller in a wig and dark robe, with a book on a table and a Latin inscription below.

Baron Albrecht von Haller. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after C. N. Eberlein, 1745

Christian Nikolaus Eberlein

Jean Origet (left) and Nicolas Simon (right). Line engraving by A.F.B. Geille after J.-L. Boilly

Julien-Léopold Boilly

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a robe and wig holding a lens, with a globe and desk, inscribed Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.

Antonius van Leeuwenhoek. Mezzotint by J. Verkolje, 1686

Engraved plate of twenty oval portrait busts of 17th-century artists and musicians, labeled with names, in four columns.

Artists and musicians active in the 17th century: twenty heads. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Engraved group portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their children in an ornate classical interior room.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert surrounded by their nine children. Engraving by Best after Lake Price

William Frederick Lake Price

Line engraving of two men, one in a powdered wig and cravat, the other in a dark uniform coat, captioned Desault et Bichat.

Pierre-Joseph Desault (left) and Xavier Bichat (right). Line engraving by A.F.B. Geille after J.-L. Boilly

Julien-Léopold Boilly

Hand-colored Victorian group portrait of a seated woman, a standing man, and several children in a paneled room.

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children. Baxterprint by W. Dickes, 185-

Engraved plate with three oval portraits of men in an allegorical frame with figures, weapons and flags, captioned Mémoires d

Guillaume Dupuytren, Dominique-Jean Larrey, and Nicolas-René-Dufriche Desgenettes, with an allegorical surround. Engr…

Engraved grid of twenty English kings and queens in bust portraits, labelled Richard II through George I, in period costume.

Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Engraved double portrait of Joseph Priestley above an eagle and Antoine Lavoisier in a laurel wreath, titled Chemical Philoso

Joseph Priestley (above) and Antoine Lavoisier (below) Line engraving by R. Caldwall, 1801, after J. Opie and J.-L. D…

Engraved sheet with four oval portraits of physicians labelled Thomas Sydenham, Thomas Willis, William Harvey and Samuel Gart

Thomas Sydenham, Thomas Willis, William Harvey, Samuel Garth. Engraving by J. June, 1764

Stipple engraving portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark coat, and star medal, in an oval frame.

Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von Bunsen. Stipple engraving by H. Adlard, 1868, after C. Rosting, 1860

Black and white print of a crowded committee meeting with women in feathered hats seated at a table and men in suits standing

Members of the committee set up to establish the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital in South Africa. Process print after J. D…

Oval stipple engraving of a man with short hair and white cravat, labelled Bunsen, 1847, after a portrait by Richmond.

Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von Bunsen. Stipple engraving by H. Adlard, 1847, after G. Richmond

George Richmond

Wood engraving of a bearded man in a dark suit framed by scientific instruments and an ornate decorative border.

Guillaume-Louis Figuier. Wood engraving by J.B.C. Carbonneau after H. Catenacci

Hercule Louis Catenacci

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman in a dark gown beside a crown, with a Latin inscription cartouche below.

Catherine of Braganza, consort of King Charles II. Mezzotint by H. H. Quiter after P. Lely, 1678

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird in a powdered wig, resting his hand on a chart beside a brass instrument on a table.

John Bird. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after J. Lewis

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, labelled Thouret.

Michel Augustin Thouret. Stipple engraving by C.A. Forestier

Charles-Aimé Forestier

Stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man in a long coat and cravat, within an oval frame, with signature below.

Gabriel Bibron. Stipple engraving by M.F. Bocourt

Marie-Firmin Bocourt

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with swept-back hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned Sabatier.

Raphaël Bienvenu Sabatier. Stipple engraving by C.A. Forestier after Mme Sabatier

Apollonie Sabatier

Stipple engraving bust portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat, turned left.

Jean-Baptiste-Léon Dubreuil. Stipple engraving by C.A. Forestier

Charles-Aimé Forestier

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet holding a rabbit, with a caption naming Mary Toft.

Mary Toft (Tofts). Mezzotint by J. Faber, 1726/1727, after J. Laguerre

Stipple engraving portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Le Doct.r F. J. Gall.

Franz Joseph Gall. Stipple engraving by A. A. Bourgeois de la Richardière, 1808, after L. Boilly

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Thales of Miletus. Stipple engraving by J.H. Ramberg

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Bell in a dark coat and bow tie, against a dark background.

Thomas Bell. Mezzotint by G. Zobel after Taples

Taples, active approximately 1853-approximately

Sir John Hill. Stipple engraving after F. Cotes 1757

Hand-colored etching of two nude figures and a marked child above a bust of an infant with one eye, labeled Monstres.

Anne-Marie Hérig, a girl with a skin abnormality; the conjoined twins Judith and Hélène; below, an infant with one ce…

Nicolas-Edouard Lerouge

Hand-coloured lithograph of Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman in a red jacket and tall feathered headdress, seated beside a table.

Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837

Charles Bird King

Lithograph of a wounded man on a bed as a woman kneels to suck poison from his arm, with knights and attendants watching.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor.…

Etching of a standing woman in a wide hat and pleated skirt, holding a basket of wares, with crosshatched background.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815

John Thomas Smith

Lithograph of a dissection scene with a physician and seven men in ruffs gathered around an open corpse on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Lithograph by Desguerrois a…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Hand-coloured lithograph of a Sioux chief with feathered headdress and red face paint, holding a curved sword.

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka (Monkaushka), a Sioux chief, holding a sword. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after G. Cooke, 1837

Etching of seven men in dark clothing and white collars watching a surgeon demonstrate on an open corpse lying on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by W. Unger after R…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Lithograph of a seated man painting with his feet at an easel, with a palette, bust and curtains in the background.

Louis-César-Joseph Ducornet, an artist born without arms. Lithograph by H. Robillard

Hippolyte Robillard

Coloured lithograph of a boy with scaly, dark skin on his limbs, standing by a table with magnified skin samples.

Thomas Jones, a boy with icthyosis, a skin disease that resembles fish scales. Coloured lithograph by J. Perry, 1841

Caricature lithograph of a bearded man in a suit pointing at a dog with its head in a glass bottle on a table.

Louis Pasteur. Colour lithograph by Amand, 188-(?)

Lithograph portrait of a young boy in a belted coat and lace collar, holding a top hat, with a printed caption below.

Master Noakes, a mental calculator. Lithograph by A. Mosses, 1827

Alexander Mosses

Etching of a physician demonstrating dissection to seven attentive men gathered around a body on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by L. Flameng after…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Giuseppe Garibaldi, head and shoulders. Chromolithograph, ca. 1880

Black and white lithograph of a deathbed scene with an elderly woman in a canopied bed surrounded by veiled women in mourning

The deathbed of Madame de Maintenon at the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis, at St Cyr. Lithograph after G. Mailand, 1837

Gustave Mailand

Lithograph of a small figure in Roman-style armor with a plumed helmet and spear standing on a table among seated people.

Bébé, a dwarf dressed as a Roman soldier, standing on a table amidst people. Lithograph after A. Géniole

Alfred André Géniole

Etching of conjoined twins Helen and Judith, nude, shown in front and back views with raised arms.

Hélène and Judith, siamese twins, known as the Hungarian sisters. Etching by B. Cole

Etched oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a scene of liquid poured before a crowd, a sun, and a winged trumpeter.

Biagio di Manfrè, who regurgitated water transformed into other liquids, aged 72. Etching by W. Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of five men in period dress: a very tall central figure beside a small figure at right, on a wooden floor.

Charles Byrne, a giant, George Cranstoun, a dwarf, and three other normal sized men. Etching by J. Kay, 1794

Ellen Julia Hollond. Lithograph by L. Haghe, 1841

Etched portrait of a bearded man with curled hair holding a mask, with a Latin inscription below.

Giovanni Gabrielli ("Sivello") holding a mask. Etching by Agostino Carracci, ca. 1599

Agostino Carracci

Coloured lithograph portrait of a Seneca leader in feathered headdress holding a pipe and tomahawk, 1836.

Cornplanter, a leader of the Seneca tribe, holding a smoking pipe with pipe attachments and axe-blades. Colour lithog…

Etching of an elderly man in a head wrap propped in bed, with a hanging stocking and framed picture on the wall behind him.

David Ferguson, aged 123. Etching by T. Landseer, 1817, after H. Wrighte

Five caricature profiles of pharmacy-related men in a lithograph, with exaggerated noses and expressions, labeled in French.

A druggist, a pharmacy student, a pounder (of medicine), a chemist and a pharmacist. Lithograph by J. Platier, 1842

Hand-coloured lithograph of a boy with enormously long, tangled hair beside a dressing table and mirror, by Paul Gavarni.

A boy with incredibly long hair growing from his head and hands as a result of playing with a hair restorer. Coloured…

Etched portrait of a bearded woman in a period gown with a white collar, beside a small organ with pipes.

Barbara van Beck, a hirsute woman. Etching by R. Gaywood, 1656

Richard Gaywood

Engraving of Thomas Topham standing atop a wooden scaffold above three barrels, with diagonal bracing beams below.

Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching, 1820, after C. Leigh

Monochrome portrait of a man in an ornate braided military uniform holding a tasselled sword against a dark background.

King George IV when Prince of Wales as Colonel of the tenth Light Dragoons. Photogravure, 1905, after W. Beechey

William Beechey

Lithograph of a small boy in a formal suit beside a desk with inkwell, quill, books, and champagne bottle.

Charles S. Stratton, a dwarf known as General Tom Thumb, aged twelve. Lithograph by C. Baugniet, 1844

Charles Baugniet

Etched street scene of Tunbridge Wells with colonnaded shops and elegantly dressed figures walking under tall trees.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: important figures of the town. Etching by E.F. Finden

Edward Francis Finden

Sir Andrew Clark. Photogravure after R. Lehmann

Etching of a bearded man seated by a window reading a sheet, with a crucifixion triptych and skull on a table.

Abraham Francen, apothecary, seated by a window, gazing at a print or drawing. Etching by or after Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn

Lithograph of a standing woman in a dark jacket and pale full skirt, with a flower in her hair, by Amand Gautier.

A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885

Lithograph portrait of an elderly seated man with white hair holding eyeglasses, resting on books, signed and dated 1852.

James Coleman, aged 102. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1852

Thomas Herbert Maguire

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a headcloth and dark shawl, seated beside a crosshatched bed hanging and wooden bedfra

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812

Etching of a standing eccentric man in a tricorne hat holding two canes, with a small dog at his feet.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by J. MacArdell

James MacArdell

Etching of men shaving and eating breakfast in an interior, with a seated man drawing, after William Hogarth, 1781.

William Hogarth making a drawing of his companions and himself as they shave and take their breakfast. Etching by Ric…

William Hogarth

Black and white woodcut portrait of a man with a waxed moustache and suit, labelled William Watson.

Sir William Watson. Woodcut by R. Bryden

Lithograph of many men crowded around a dining table with glasses and decanters, some seated and others standing behind.

Contributors to Frazer's Magazine, sitting around a dining table, talking, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by D. Mac…

Aquatint portrait of a standing boy in a dark suit and lace collar, holding a riding crop, with a countryside landscape behin

George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite

Engraved portrait of Daniel Dancer seated at a table in a wooden booth with a cat at the window, by G. Scott, 1805.

Daniel Dancer, a miser. Etching by G. Scott, 1805

Lithograph of Michelangelo in a central oval, surrounded by a laurel wreath of smaller portrait medallions of Italian artists

Italian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842

Vincenzo Mollame

Lithograph of Karl Bryullov lying on a pillow with eyes closed, drawn from life by Cherubino Cornienti in 1852.

Karl Pavlovich Bri︠u︡llov (Bryullov) on his deathbed. Lithograph by C. Cornienti, 1852

Cherubino Cornienti

Coloured frontispiece etching with a heraldic shield, draped banner and title for John Thomas Smith's 1815 book of London str

Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its en…

John Thomas Smith

Engraved portrait of a man in feathered headdress and fringed coat smoking a pipe, with palms and a canoe in background.

Peter Williamson, kidnapped as a child and transported to the American plantations; became traveller and writer. Repr…

Lithograph of four robed men at a table with open books and an hourglass, translating the Bible.

Four Protestant reformers translating the Bible. Lithograph by L. Noel after P.A. Labouchère, 1847

Pierre-Antoine Labouchère

Etching of a small man in a coat beside a standing woman in a wide hat, with a printed caption below.

Wybrant Lolkes, a dwarf with his wife. Etching by P. Mequignon, 1790

Peter Mequignon

Sepia lithograph of a well-dressed couple before a barred window where a prisoner reaches out, with ragged figures around the

Salomon de Caus incarcerated in the mental asylum of Bicêtre. Lithograph by Lafosse after J.J. Lecurieux, 1845

Jacques-Joseph Lecurieux

Lithograph of a young nun with a veil and flower bouquet beside apothecary jars and mortar, in a Gothic church interior.

A nursing nun in a pharmacy: with the hospital in the background. Lithograph by A.L. Noël, 1838, after F.J.J. Goetzen…

Franz-Jacob-Julius Götzenberger

Colour lithograph of William Ball, a very stout man in top hat, blue waistcoat and gaiters holding a riding crop.

William Ball, a man weighing forty stone. Colour lithograph

Photogravure portrait of an elderly bald man with side whiskers in a dark suit, with handwritten signature below.

Sir William Overend Priestley. Photogravure by Swan after a painting by Rudolf Lehmann

Sepia lithograph of Queen Victoria receiving a kneeling figure in an ornate hall, with numbered key of courtiers below.

Crimean War: key to the painting of the reception of "Crimean Heroes" by Queen Victoria. Coloured lithograph after J.…

Etched full-length portrait of James McLean in period dress with sword and cane, a severed head at his feet.

James McLean, known as 'the gentleman highwayman'. Etching by G. Cruikshank

George Cruikshank