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Stipple engraving of Joseph Hume, a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high collar, hands resting on a book.

Joseph Hume. Stipple engraving by J. Brown after J. Stewart

Mezzotint portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat beside a desk with a quill, inkwell and bookshelves.

Robert Richardson. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1842, after S. Howell

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir John F. W. Herschel seated beside a book, head resting on his hand.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving by D. J. Pound, 1862, after J. Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

James Clerk-Maxwell. Stipple engraving by G.J. Stodart, 1881, after J. Fergus

Antoine Baumé. Engraving by A. de Saint-Aubin after C. N. Cochin, 1772

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Stipple engraving oval portrait of Sir Isaac Newton with long curled wig and white cravat.

Sir Isaac Newton. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1807, after J. Vanderbank, 1726

John Vanderbank

Stipple engraving of a seated bearded man in a frock coat reading a small book in an ornate armchair.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Stipple engraving by J. Brown after J. Fergus

Stipple engraving of Daniel Rutherford in an oval portrait with botanical sprig above and Edinburgh landscape below.

Daniel Rutherford. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1804, after H. Raeburn

Stipple engraving of Edward Coleman as a sculpted bust with curled hair and draped cloth on a pedestal.

Edward Coleman. Stipple engraving by W. Read

Mezzotint oval portrait of a man in dark academic gown and white cravat, titled Gideon Algernon Mantell, LL.D., F.R.S.

Gideon Algernon Mantell. Mezzotint by W. T. Davey after P. A. T. Senties after J. Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

Mezzotint portrait of Robert Boyle in a curled wig and lace cravat, shown in an oval frame with engraved inscription.

Robert Boyle. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1689 after J. Kerseboom, 1689

Johann Kerseboom

Stipple engraving portrait of Reverend A. O. Beattie in black gown and white bands, holding an open book.

Alexander Ogilvie Beattie. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after G. Sayer

Line engraving of a bearded man in period dress beside an armillary sphere and stacked books on a table.

Prospero Alpino. Line engraving by R. Blokhuysen

Reynier Blokhuysen

Stipple engraving portrait of an elderly man in a fur hat and fur-collared coat, labeled Leonhard Euler in script.

Leonhard Euler. Stipple engraving after J. Darbes

Joseph Friedrich August Darbes

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a curled powdered wig and dark cloak, captioned DE FOE.

Daniel Defoe. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson after M. van der Gucht

Michael Vandergucht

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat, framed with classical ornaments, books, a quill, and the label T.F. Churc

Thomas Furlong Churchill. Stipple engraving by K. Mackenzie, 1808, after W. H. Watts

Walter Henry Watts

Engraved portrait of Richard Tomlinson in a laurel wreath, with apothecary tools on the left and deer and a bear in woods on

Richard Tomlinson. Pen drawing by M. Nickson, 1810, after T. Cross, 1657

Oval engraved portrait of a bald, bearded man in dark clothing and white clerical bands, labelled Joh. Jac. Wepfer.

Johann Jakob Wepfer. Engraving by H. Pfenninger

Heinrich Pfenninger

Oval stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and a ruffled collar, signed Holl sculp.

Michael Servetus. Stipple engraving by Holl, 1820, after C. van Sichem, 1607

Christoffel van Sichem

Stipple engraving portrait of William Hyde Wollaston, a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate border.

William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1835, after J. Jackson

Stipple engraving portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and patterned cravat, after Winterhalter, 1874.

Christian Friedrich, Baron von Stockmar. Stipple engraving by F. Holl, 1874, after F. Winterhalter

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir James Mackintosh in dark coat and cravat, within an ornate decorative border.

Sir James Mackintosh. Stipple engraving after W. Derby

Stipple engraving portrait of Mathew Townsend Bethune, M.D., a man in a dark coat and white cravat.

Mathew Townsend Bethune. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after J.G. Hamilton

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a dark military uniform with a sash, holding a sword, beside a chalkboard.

Sir Thomas Longmore. Mixed method print by C.J. Tomkins after Sir G. Reid

Stipple engraving of a man in a wig and waistcoat holding a book, set against foliage and a distant hilly landscape.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by W. H. Lizars, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Thomas Gainsborough

Sir Henry Charles Englefield. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1821, after T. Phillips, 1815

Thomas Phillips

Stipple engraving oval portrait of an older man with powdered hair and a dark coat, with French caption below.

Peter Simon Pallas. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir Henry Halford in a dark coat with a gold star badge, with his signature below.

Sir Henry Halford. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Cochran after H. Room

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frock coat leaning on a desk with a quill pen and inkwells.

Richard Warren. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1792, after T. Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Stipple engraving of a bearded marble bust of Epicurus with curly hair, head bowed, on a pedestal.

Epicurus. Stipple engraving by A. Cardon, 1823, after W.M. Craig

William Marshall Craig