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Stipple engraving portrait of Sir William Herschel in a fur-trimmed coat, holding a paper with a diagram.

Sir William Herschel. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after J. Russell

Stipple engraving portrait of an elderly man in a dark knitted cap and cravat, with an inscription naming Rev. Henry Owen.

Henry Owen. Stipple engraving by J. T. Smith, 1797, after himself

John Thomas Smith

Stipple engraving oval portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned G.B. Monteggia da Laveno, 1816.

Giovanni Battista Monteggia. Stipple engraving by E. Bisi, 1816, after B. Milesi

Stipple engraving of a bust of Hippocrates with curly beard and hair, inscribed name on the base, 1796.

Hippocrates. Stipple engraving by M. Bovi, 1796, after A. Day

Stipple engraving oval portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with French caption naming geologist Ramond de Carb

Louis-François Elisabeth, Baron Ramond de Carbonnières. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu, 1823, after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with French caption below.

George Shaw. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself after J. Russell

Oval stipple engraving of Thomas Howel M.D., a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and ruffled white shirt.

Thomas Howel. Stipple engraving by W. N. Gardiner, 1790, after S. Harding

Silvester Harding

Jean Sylvain Bailly. Mezzotint by C.F.G. Levachez after J. Duplessi-Bertaux

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux

Stipple engraving of a bearded man with arms folded, wearing a dark coat, with a handwritten signature below.

Robert James Culverwell. Stipple engraving by W. F. Holl after S. Chinn

S. Thomas Chinn

Stipple engraving oval portrait of Placidus Fixlmillner, a man in a dark cap and coat, with biographical text below.

Placidus Fixlmillner. Stipple engraving by C. Westermayr

Konrad Westermayr

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in an oval frame wearing a dark overcoat and white cravat, caption naming Comte de Cassin

Alexandre-Henri-Gabriel, Comte de Cassini. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself, 1827

Ambroise Tardieu

Engraved portrait of William Fairbairn seated in an armchair beside a stack of books, wearing a dark suit and watch chain.

William Fairbairn. Engraving by W. H. Mote, 1862, after Hills & Saunders

William Henry Mote

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and clerical gown holding an open book, with inscription below.

Johann Heinrich Samuel Formay. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after D. Matthieu

Abraham Trembley. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after Clemens

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving portrait of Hermann von Helmholtz, a man with a mustache and bow tie, on cream paper.

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1871

Charles Henry Jeens

Mezzotint portrait of John Hunter seated beside a desk with anatomical drawings, skulls, bones and glass specimen jars.

John Hunter. Mezzotint after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786

Joshua Reynolds

Mezzotint portrait of seated bearded man beside a microscope and a winged sculpture, with printed caption naming Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill Hassall. Mezzotint by S. Marks after J. Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

Mezzotint portrait of Joshua Brookes, an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, against black.

Joshua Brookes. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1833, after B. E. Duppa

Bryan Edward Duppa

Antoine Gouan. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu

Ambroise Tardieu

Mezzotint portrait of Jonas Hanway seated at a desk, writing with a quill, with a classical window view behind him.

Jonas Hanway. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1781, after E. Edwards

Stipple engraving oval portrait of an older man with wavy hair, dark double-breasted coat and cravat, inscribed Baron von Wed

Georg Christian Gottlieb, Baron von Wedekind. Stipple engraving by F. Bolt, 1824

Johann Friedrich Bolt

Mezzotint portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Philip Meadows Martineau, Surge

Philip Meadows Martineau. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after G. Clint, 1823

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in a dark coat resting his hand on a human skull, 1827.

Richard Dugard Grainger. Mezzotint by T. Lupton, 1827, after T. Wageman

Thomas Charles Wageman

Stipple engraved oval portrait of Nathan Drake M.D. in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters left.

Nathan Drake. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1805, after H. Thomson

Stipple engraving portrait of William Walker, Esq., a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in an oval fram

William Walker. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1798, after Miss E. Barratt

Pedanios Dioscorides. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after Visconti

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving portrait of John Locke with long wavy hair, white cravat and dark cloak, signed beneath the oval.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman, 1841, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697

Godfrey Kneller

Engraved bust portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, labelled Cornelis Hendrik à Roy.

Cornelis Hendrik à Roy. Engraving by D. Sluyter after J. A. Kruseman

Jan Adam Kruseman

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned R. Harlan, M. D.

Richard Harlan. Stipple engraving by M. Pekenino after J. Eichholtz

Jacob Eichholtz

Oval stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with an engraved caption below.

Aloys Rudolph Vetter. Stipple engraving by D. Weiss, 1803, after J. Kappeller

Josef Anton Kapeller