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Oval line engraving portrait of Joseph Jérome de Lalande, a man in a powdered wig and lace jabot, 1789.

Joseph Jérome de Lalande. Line engraving by R. Stanier, 1789, after A. Pujos, 1773

Georg Gottlob Richter. Line engraving by G. D. Heumann after himself

Georg Daniel Heumann

Oval line engraving portrait of Richard Pulteney wearing a turban and buttoned coat, with a cravat, on a dark background.

Richard Pulteney. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1814, after T. Beach, 1788

John Heaviside. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance

George Dance the Younger

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar, in an ornate frame above a globe and scrolls.

Sir Kenelm Digby. Line engraving by J. Houbraken, 1748, after A. van Dyck, 1633

Anthony van Dyck

Line engraving portrait of Tommaso Volpi, an older man with a cravat and dark coat, in an oval frame.

Tommaso Volpi. Line engraving by A. Gravagni after C. Ferreri

Line engraving portrait of Galileo Galilei, a bearded man in a dark doublet and white collar holding an object.

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by J. Calendi after Santi di Tito

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding a book, with an inscribed arch and floral border above.

Guglielmus Gratarolus. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of Edmund Halley in an oval frame, wearing a curled periwig and dark cloak.

Edmund Halley. Line engraving after R. Phillips

Richard Phillips

Line engraving portrait of a long-haired man holding an open book, with a globe, coat of arms, and verse below.

Richard Sanders [Saunders]. Line engraving by T. Cross, 1653, after himself

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair and white collar, with Latin inscription on a pedestal below.

Martin Birrius. Line engraving by C. Hagen after himself

Christiaen Hagen

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and academic robe, in an oval frame above a pedestal with an inscription.

Johann Jacob Jantke. Line engraving by W. P. Kilian, 1728

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace collar, with Latin inscription below and scrollwork frame.

Georg Wolfgang Wedel. Line engraving by G.A. Wolfgang after C. Schaeffer

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a curled periwig and buttoned coat, with an inscribed caption below.

Georg Erhard Hamberger. Line engraving by M. Bernigeroth

Martin Friedrich Bernigeroth

Line engraving portrait of a man with a long curled periwig, lace cravat and medallion chain, in an oval frame.

Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels. Line engraving by P. Kilian after J. Beischlag

Johann Christoph Beischlag

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a broad collar, labelled Gabriel Naudé.

Gabriel Naudé. Line engraving by C. Mellan

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and white collar, with an inscription panel below.

Theodor Henisch. Line engraving by J.G. Bartsch, 1677

Johann Gottfried Bartsch

Line engraving portrait of a curly-haired man in a cloak beside a draped curtain, with a flower cartouche and inscription bel

Johann Jacob Scheuchzer. Line engraving by J. B. Brühl

Johann Benjamin Brühl

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by A. de St Aubin after J. A. Houdon

Jean-Antoine Houdon

John Berkenhout. Line engraving by T. Holloway after himself

Thomas Holloway

Line engraving of a bearded marble bust labeled Epicurus on a pedestal, with a palm scale bar below.

Epicurus. Line engraving by F. Cepparoli after N. Vanni

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a dark jacket, inside an oval frame, captioned Galileo Galilei.

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by N. Schiavoni after G. Bossi after D. Tintoretto

Domenico Tintoretto

Engraved funerary monument with a central portrait of a man in dark robes, an eagle with a cherub above, and allegorical embl

Johann Heinrich Guenther. Line engraving by G.P. Busch

Georg Paul Busch

Line engraving of an elderly man in a cap and collar, framed by a laurel wreath and a Latin inscription below.

Lionardo di Capoa. Line engraving by D. Franceschini after P. L. Ghezzi

Pier Leone Ghezzi

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig, lace cuffs and embroidered waistcoat, with a caption naming Daniel Wilhel

Daniel Wilhelm Triller. Line engraving by C. Fritzsch, 1759, after F. Lippold

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a curled periwig and embroidered coat, after Michael Dahl, 1737.

Thomas Pellet. Line engraving after M. Dahl, 1737

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, Prince de Canino. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff, with handwritten notes and a signature below, in an ornate border.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving after P. van Somer

Paul van Somer I

Line engraving portrait of a man with long curled wig and white collar bands, with a Latin inscription below.

Lucas von Schröck. Line engraving after G. Kilian

Georg Christoph Kilian

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar within an oval frame with Latin inscriptions.

Paul Jenisch. Line engraving by C. Ammon, 1650