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Grey lithograph of a classical-style bust of a man with curly hair on an inscribed pedestal, dated 1828.

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Tommasini. Lithograph by G. Canuti, 1828

Archibald Menzies. Lithograph after E. U. Eddis, 1835

Eden Upton Eddis

Coloured lithograph of robed travellers at a desert encampment with tents and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

Encampment in the desert, with Mount Seir in the distance, Wady Arabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after Davi…

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a medal on his lapel, in an ornate border.

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Tommasini. Lithograph by A. Corsini after Cav. Toschi

Lithograph portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, captioned D. Meli.

Domenico Meli. Lithograph by G. Gozzini after Filipetti

Coloured lithograph of men resting with camels and smoking in a desert valley before jagged mountains.

Men resting their camels and smoking by the approach to Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts…

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with long hair and a knotted cord at his neck, labelled Plato.

Plato. Etching by D. Cunego, 1783, after R. Mengs after Raphael

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

William James Clement. Lithograph by E. Cocking, 1854

Hatched line drawing of a seated man in a dark coat resting his hand on his cheek, signed by Flameng.

Félix-Archimède Pouchet. Reproduction of etching by L. Flameng

Léopold Flameng

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Etching by L.E. Grimm, 1823

Ludwig Emil Grimm

Wood engraving of three men in robes with swords, two seated on chairs and one standing, in a panelled room.

Three men (Chinese or Korean?), two are sitting on chairs and the other is standing, all of them have swords by their…

Marie Gabriel Joseph Pibaraud

Line engraving title page with oval portrait of a long-haired man, allegorical women, putti, surgical instruments and a Latin

François Mauriceau. Line engraving by J.A. Boener, 1680

Johann Alexander Boener

Stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair, labelled Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleeff.

Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev. Stipple engraving by G. J. Stodart after W. Brookes

Warwick Brookes

Stipple engraving portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled MENDE beneath.

Ludwig Julius Kaspar Mende. Stipple engraving by H. Lödel after [G. M.]

Heinrich Burkhart Lödel

Stipple engraving portrait of a woman with braided hair, dark dress and lace collar, labelled C. S. Lozier, M.D.

Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier. Stipple engraving by H. B. Hall, junior

Jr Henry Bryan Hall

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, holding a quill pen at a writing desk.

Jacob de Castro-Sarmento. Mezzotint by R. Houston after R. E. Pine

Robert Edge Pine

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in dark coat holding a rolled paper, with engraved name below.

Richard Clement Headington. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1832, after J. Jackson

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Mezzotint by J.E. Haid

Johann Elias Haid

Oval stipple engraving portrait of a bespectacled man in a frock coat and cravat, with caption naming Dominique Léman.

Dominique Léman. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu, 1827, after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Mezzotint portrait of a bearded wild boy in a long coat standing in forest foliage with a bowl and scattered nuts.

Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet

Michel Eugène Chevreul. Colour wood engraving by E. Froment after P. Renouard, 1886

Abraham Trembley. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after Clemens

Ambroise Tardieu

Hand-coloured caricature of a surgeon cutting a money bag over a top hat, facing a lancet-shaped figure with a broom.

Bransby Blake Cooper, acquiring gold coins by his appointment to Guy's Hospital, is attacked by a lancet, representin…

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

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

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

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

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…

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