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Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man with a mustache in a dark blue suit, hand in pocket, against a dark background.

Sir William Tilden (1842-1926), chemist. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

A man (Leang Ashing), in profile, with a tumour on the right side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837

Gouache portrait of a woman in blue robe facing right, with a large tumour covering her left eye and nose.

A woman, facing to right, with a large tumour covering her left eye. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit beside a table with glass flasks and papers, in a gilded frame.

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), surgeon. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

A man (Wan Wakae) with massive pendent tumours on the left side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838

Gouache portrait of a seated woman in a blue robe with a large pink tumour hanging from her upper lip.

A woman (Kwo Pe) with a tumour hanging from her upper lip. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1839

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit seated holding a paper, in an ornate gilded frame.

Sir Norman Moore, physician and historian. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Gouache portrait of a bald man with a large spherical tumour on the right side of his neck, facing front.

A man (Choo Yihleang), facing front, with a massive spherical tumour on the right side of his neck. Gouache, 18--, af…

Gouache portrait of a bald man in a dark robe with a large pale pendent tumour hanging below his right ear.

A man with a pendent tumour below his right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1830/1850

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man with moustache in a grey suit, seated beside a desk with papers and a book.

Sir Patrick Manson, invesigator of tropical diseases. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph

Harry Herman Salomon

Portrait of a dead man. Chromolithograph after D. Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and white collar, labelled Heydan.

Heydan: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of religious thinkers and theologians in period dress.

Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Engraved portrait of Schiller seated before a tree-framed landscape, surrounded by an ornate border with small scenes.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, seated in a bosky landscape. Engraving by A. H. Payne after S. Carse

Grey pencil and wash portrait of a smiling man with a long curled wig, set within a thin ruled border.

N. Malzieu: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Chromolithograph of a tall palm in a tropical hillside landscape, with a seated artist sketching it and an attendant holding

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L.…

Ambroise Verschaffelt

Engraving of a man with sword and plumed hat and a woman in a lace ruff beside a landscape with a castle.

King James I of England and VI of Scotland, and his consort Anne of Denmark, in a landscape. Engraving by J. Wierix,…

Johannes Wierix

Pencil and wash drawing of a man with long wavy hair and a collared shirt, labelled Descartes beneath.

René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Engraving of three girls reading a book together on a grassy hillside with rocky cliffs and clouds behind them.

Edith Mary Liddell; Ina Liddell; and Alice Liddell, sitting in a grassy landscape at Llandudno with a book. Engraving…

William Blake Richmond

Pencil and red ink drawing of a posed human skeleton with a lettered key of bones on the left and a small landscape sketch.

Skeletal structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue, with pencil sketches of the head of Athene (?) and a landscape…

Jean Galbert Salvage

Philip the Bold: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Engraved title page of Gerard's Herball, 1633, with allegorical figures, ancient authors, a central title cartouche and a por

John Gerard: portrait and botanical motifs. Line engraving by J. Payne, 1633

Line engraving of a seated woman with curled hair holding a small oval portrait miniature.

Jenny Cameron, holding a portrait of the 'young pretender'. Line engraving by R. Graves

Engraved full-length portrait of John Howard in period dress, gesturing toward an iron chain beside a stone prison wall.

John Howard, full-length portrait. Line engraving by J. Romney, 1817, after G. M. Brighty

Etched allegorical title page with an oval portrait of a bearded man held by two putti, coat of arms above.

Two putti supporting a roundel with the portrait of John Bulwer; above, coat of arms. Etching, ca. 1650

Chromolithograph with central portrait of a bearded officer in uniform, surrounded by scenes of Civil War military events.

General Ulysses S. Grant: events of his military career around the central portrait. Chromolithograph after Tholstrup…

Colour caricature of ten jockeys on galloping horses at a race finish, with exaggerated faces and bright silks.

The finishing line at a horse race; ten portrait caricatures, including eight of famous jockeys. Colour lithograph af…

Liberio Prosperi

Etching of a capuchin monkey walking past a small engraved portrait of its own head on a stone block.

A monkey (simia apella) walking past its own portrait engraved on stone. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. M…

Nicolas Maréchal

Engraved group portrait of bewigged men in a shield shape, some playing wind instruments, with crossed bones below.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Tayl…

William Hogarth

Etching of an artist at an easel with a portrait, an assistant holding a brush, and a studio with pictures and jugs.

An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Og…