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Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of writers and philosophers in wigs and period dress, labelled by name.

Philosophers and writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Wood engraving grid of ten men in suits and bow ties, shown as bust portraits with hatched backgrounds, by F. Waibler.

Ten German gynaecologists. Wood engraving by F. Waibler, 1890, after photographic portraits

Wood engraving portrait of a man with curly grey hair in a dark coat and waistcoat, labelled Rayer.

Pierre-François-Olive Rayer. Wood engraving by L. Desgodetz [?] after H. Rousseau

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of prelates in clerical dress, arranged in five rows with names below.

Prelates: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Dante Alighieri. Colour lithograph, 1859, after S.S. Kirkup after a fresco attributed to Giotto

Wood engraving of a bearded man in a stone arch, with a telescope, armillary sphere, books and an Inquisition scroll.

Galileo Galilei. Wood engraving by L. Dumont after H. Rousseau

Engraved sheet of twenty labelled bust portraits of 18th-century writers, arranged in five rows of four figures.

Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly dark hair and a dark coat, labelled Jos. Berres, with a small snake emblem below.

Joseph von Berres. Lithograph by J. Kriehuber, 1833

Josef Kriehuber

Stipple engraving portrait of Henry Baker in an oval, seated beside a microscope and bookshelves, with printed biography belo

Henry Baker. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1812, after J. Thomson

portrait artist Thomson

Engraved plate of twenty labelled bust portraits of poets, classical and Renaissance, in four columns and five rows.

Poets: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line…

Lithograph portrait of Sarah Biffin in a feathered bonnet, pearl necklace and ruffled dress, holding a paintbrush.

Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by H. Grévedon after S. Biffin

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of 18th-century poets in wigs and period dress, labeled with names.

Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, in an oval frame with scrolling banners and inscriptions.

Bartholomaeus Nagel. Line engraving by G. Georgi, 1646

Giovanni Georgi

Engraved oval portrait of John Patch, surgeon of Exeter, in a powdered wig and dark coat, with a laurel frame.

John Patch. Engraving by E. A. Ezekiel, 1789, after J. Opie

Engraved grid of twenty oval portraits of dramatists and performers, each labelled with a surname, in period wigs and dress.

Dramatists and actors: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Etched portrait of Foolish Sam, a standing man in ragged clothes and a head wrap on a cobbled street.

Foolish Sam, a mentally defective man in London. Etching by B. Nebot, ca. 1773

Balthasar Nebot

Engraved oval portrait of an older man in a powdered wig, inside an ornate border, with a relief scene below.

John Patch. Colour engraving by E. A. Ezekiel, 1789, after J. Opie

Engraved sheet of twenty labelled bust portraits of princes, legislators and statesmen, arranged in four rows.

Princes and statesmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed hat and chain collar, with a Latin caption below the image.

Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim [Paracelsus]. Etching by R. Gaywood after Sir P. P. Rubens after Q. Matsys

Lithographic bust portrait of a man in dark coat and white cravat, with a medal on his lapel, captioned Prof. P. Hendriksz.

Pieter Hendriksz. Lithograph attributed to P.G. Sjamaar after J. Hari I.

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of mathematicians and astronomers, from Pythagoras to Newton.

Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Two engraved portraits on one page: Nicolaus Copernicus above in a rectangular frame, Theodore Beza below in an oval.

Nicolaus Copernicus (above); Theodore Beza (below). Line engraving, 1797, after T. Park

Coloured stipple engraving of Blaise Pascal in an oval portrait, with a lamp and writing hand in a vignette below.

Blaise Pascal. Coloured stipple engraving by T. Dale, 1822, after G. Edelinck after F. Quesnel, junior

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of popes, cardinals and prelates, each labelled with a name, numbered 17.

Popes and other churchmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Stipple engraving of John Smith, known as Buckhorse, a bald pugilist in a buttoned coat with fists raised.

John Smith, known as Buckhorse, a pugilist. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822, after D. Dodd

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed garment and ruff collar, with handwritten inscription below.

Johan Fonteyn. Etching after J.H. Muller

Jan Harmensz. Muller

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of orators and physicians, classical figures above and early modern men below

Twenty portraits of orators and physicians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Full-length gouache portrait of a standing man in a frock coat and pinstriped trousers, wearing pince-nez glasses.

Ernst Ott. Gouache and watercolour by Pip, 1911

active 1910-1911 Pip

Monochrome lithographic portrait of a seated young man in a dark coat and black cravat, signed Wiedenbauer 1846.

Karl Ludwig Sigmund, Ritter von Ilanor (?). Lithograph by G. Wiedenbauer, 1846

Georg Wiedenbauer