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Mezzotint portrait of Sir Samuel Garth in a full periwig and dark coat, with an inscribed coat of arms below.

Sir Samuel Garth. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1733, after Sir G. Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

Stipple engraving portrait of Samuel Crompton, seated with his hand to his head, dark coat and white cravat.

Samuel Crompton. Stipple engraving by J. Morrison after C. Allingham

Charles Allingham

Mezzotint portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, before a draped curtain.

Sir Lachlan Maclean. Mezzotint by J. Young, 1818, after J. G. Strutt

Jacob George Strutt

Stipple engraving portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S.

Thomas Young. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1840, after Sir T. Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

Mezzotint portrait of a man with wavy hair and white cravat, signed John Sims M.D. below the image.

John Sims. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1839, after C. R. Leslie, 1824

Charles Robert Leslie

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 seated Professor William Thomas Brande in dark coat, holding a closed book.

William Thomas Brande. Stipple engraving by C. W. Sharpe after L. Wyon

Grey wash portrait of a man in a dark robe with a white collar, holding a quill over an open book beside bookshelves.

Michiel Boudewyns. Drawing by A. van Diepenbeeck, 1664

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and waistcoat, resting his hand on an open book beside a chair.

John Fothergill. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1781, after G. Stuart

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with engraved caption below.

Sir William Jackson Hooker. Mezzotint by W. Walker after S. Gambardella

Spiridione Gambardella

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a wig and embroidered coat, with bookshelves and an open book behind him.

Robert Conny. Mezzotint by J. Faber, 1722, after A. Vanderhagen

Alexander van der Hagen

Wood engraving of a standing man in a frock coat leaning on a bookcase, holding an open book, with caption naming John Grant.

John Grant. Wood engraving by C. Grant, 1838

Colesworthey Grant

Stipple engraving portrait of a young man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Henry Lichtenstein.

Martin Heinrich Karl Lichtenstein. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1812

Stipple engraving of an elderly man with powdered hair in a dark cassock and white clerical collar, signed Goulu.

Charles Michel, Abbé de l'Epée. Stipple engraving by F.S. Goulu

Ferdinand Sébastien Goulu

Stipple engraving of seated John Locke in dark robes and lace cuffs in an armchair before bookshelves.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by H. Robinson, 1832, after Sir G. Kneller, 1704

Godfrey Kneller

Wood engraving portrait of an elderly bearded man with wavy white hair in a dark coat and cravat.

John Conolly. Wood engraving after T.D. Scott, 1866

Thomas Dewell Scott

Stipple engraving portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a medal, turned three-quarters to the v

Edmé Joachim Bourdois de la Motte. Stipple engraving by A. J. Mécou after J. Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat and powdered wig, seated beside a writing desk with inkwell and quill.

Alexander Hunter. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1805

John Raphael Smith

Stipple engraving oval portrait of a man with long hair and white collar, hand on chest, on cream paper.

August Herrmann Franke. Stipple engraving by T. Blood, 1813

Stipple engraving portrait of Peter Dollond in a powdered wig and dark coat, with a telescope beside him.

Peter Dollond. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1820, after J. Hoppner

Jean-Anne-Henri Depaul. Process print by Reymond, 1896

active 1896 Reymond

Stipple engraving portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, with bookshelves and a potted plant behind him.

Noël Joseph de Necker. Stipple engraving by A. Karcher, 1786, after F. Beckers, 1785

Francisca Beckers

Coloured stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat, in an oval frame, dated 1794.

Franciscus Josephus Pahud de Valangin. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Collyer, 1794, after L. F. Abbott

Lemuel Francis Abbott

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly hair in dark coat, hand on chin, beside books.

John Hunter. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786

Joshua Reynolds

Stipple engraving portrait of an older man in a dark coat holding a telescope, with a dedicatory inscription below.

William Locker. Stipple engraving by J. Heath after L. F. Abbott

Lemuel Francis Abbott

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in fur clothing holding a spyglass beside graves, with a ship and icy cliffs behind.

Elisha Kent Kane. Engraving by D. G. Thompson, 1858, after J. B. Wandesforde

Juan Buckingham Wandesforde

Johann Caspar Lavater. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1813

Stipple engraving portrait of John Wallis in academic gown and black cap, with a pocket watch and document on a table.

John Wallis. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1825, after W. Derby after Sir G. Kneller, 1701

Godfrey Kneller

Mezzotint portrait of Reverend Adam Sedgwick in academic gown holding a cap, with a map on the wall behind him.

Adam Sedgwick. Mezzotint by S. Cousins, 1833, after T. Phillips, 1832

Thomas Phillips

Hand-coloured oval portrait engraving of a clergyman in a white wig and black gown, with botanical flowers above.

Thomas Martyn. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Vendramini after J. Russell