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Mezzotint portrait of Edward Jenner in a dark coat and white cravat, with engraved caption below.

Edward Jenner. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1808, after J. Hazlitt, 1808

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with an oval hospital view and caption below.

Richard Baldwyn. Stipple engraving by N. Branwhite, 1802, after M. Brown

George Hamilton. Stipple engraving by D. Orme after himself

Stipple engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and frilled cravat, with caption naming Dr. Scherff.

Johann Christian Friedrich Scherf. Stipple engraving by C. Felsing after J. C. Rincklake

Johann Christoph Rincklake

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and frilled cuffs, seated with hands folded, labelled William Prowting

William Prowting. Mezzotint by C. Townley, 1797, after L. Abbott

Lemuel Francis Abbott

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, chin resting on his hand, against a dark background.

John Wolcot [Peter Pindar]. Mezzotint, 1788, after C. H. Hodges after J. Opie

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin seated reading a book beside a marble bust and stacked books.

Benjamin Franklin. Mezzotint by E. Savage, 1793, after B. West after D. Martin, 1767

Busick Harwood. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1791, after S. Harding

Silvester Harding

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, one arm resting on a pedestal, signed Bransby B. Cooper.

Bransby Blake Cooper. Mezzotint by W. H. Simmons after E. U. Eddis, 1842

Eden Upton Eddis

Stipple engraving oval portrait of an elderly bald man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat.

René Just Haüy. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu

Ambroise Tardieu

Wood engraving of an elderly bearded man with a walking staff among palm fronds, captioned Natural Selection.

Charles Robert Darwin. Wood engraving by F. Waddy, 1873

Frederick Waddy

Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner. Stipple engraving by F. W. Bollinger after J. H. Tischbein

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with grey wavy hair in a dark coat and cravat, with a French caption below.

Nicolas Louis Vauquelin. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu, 1824, after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, labelled J. E. Doornik, M.D.

J. E. Doornik. Stipple engraving by W. van Senus (Senis) after T. Zink

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with an inscribed name below.

Georg Wolfgang Wedel. Mezzotint by P. Schenck

Peter Schenk the Elder

Mezzotint portrait of a man in spectacles holding a book, with a tiger, telescope and draped curtain in an interior.

William Kitchiner. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1827, after himself

Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Pennant in dark coat with tricorn hat and folded papers, after Gainsborough.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by J. Jenkins, 1828, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Thomas Gainsborough

Mezzotint portrait of an older man in a curled wig and dark velvet robe, with a Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Lucas von Schröck. Mezzotint by G. Kilian, 1725, after himself

Georg Christoph Kilian

Coloured stipple engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat, with a small allegorical scene below.

Colin Maclaurin. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1814

Johann Reinhold Forster. Stipple engraving by J. S. L. Halle, 1795

Johann Samuel Ludwig Halle

James Watt. Stipple engraving by E. Finden after Sir F. Chantrey, 1832

Francis Legatt Chantrey

Philippe Petit-Radel. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after J. A. D. Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Stipple engraving portrait of Captain Joseph Huddart, an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, dated 1811.

Joseph Huddart. Stipple engraving by T. Blood, 1811, after J. Hoppner

Stipple engraving portrait of Robert Glynn M.D. in powdered wig and academic gown, turned toward the viewer, smiling.

Robert Glynn [Clobery]. Stipple engraving by J. G. and G. S. Facius, 1783, after T. Kerrich

Stipple engraving portrait of Joseph Hume, a man in dark coat and white cravat, in an oval vignette, 1826.

Joseph Hume. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1826, after S. Catterson-Smith

Stephen Catterson-Smith

Stipple engraving portrait of Peter Donaldson, a man with curly hair in a double-breasted coat and white cravat.

Peter Donaldson. Stipple engraving by J. F. E. Prud'homme, 1821, after himself

John Francis Eugene Prud'homme

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly dark hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned Rev. Daniel McAllum, M.D.

Daniel McAllum. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1829

Stipple engraving portrait of Mungo Park framed by spears, bow, flask and animal skins, with a canoe scene above.

Mungo Park. Stipple engraving by W. T. Fry, 1820, after H. Edridge

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a fur-trimmed coat within an oval frame, with a palm tree crest below.

Johannes Boehm [Morunga]. Mezzotint by F. Zucchi after N. Grassi, 1727

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with an engraved caption naming Thomas Young.

Thomas Young. Mezzotint by C. Turner after Sir T. Lawrence, 1826

Thomas Lawrence