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Wellcome Collection

2,683 works

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with long curly hair and a white collar, inscribed Everardus Maynwaring, 1668.

Everard Maynwaring. Line engraving by R. White

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and lace cravat, labelled Vera Effigies Georgii Parker.

George Parker. Line engraving by W. Elder, 1694

Line engraving of a bearded man's classical marble bust with curly hair and draped garment on a pedestal.

Robert Macnish. Line engraving by T. Dobbie after J. Ritchie

Line engraving portrait of a curly-haired man with mustache and goatee, wearing a lace collar and dark doublet.

Jacopo Cantelli. Line engraving by Caterina Piotti-Pirola

Caterina Piotti-Pirola

Oval line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar, with Latin inscription around the border.

Marco Aurelio Severino. Line engraving by C. Ammon [?], 1650

Line engraving portrait of a bewigged man in an oval frame, with an inscribed pedestal and two coats of arms below.

Daniel Nebel. Line engraving by G. Lichtensteger after J. P. Hoffmeister

Johann Phillipp Hoffmeister

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and white cravat beside a table with an instrument, stormy sky behind.

Sir Humphry Davy. Line engraving by R. Newton, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence, 1810/11

Thomas Lawrence

Oval line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, captioned Thomas Pellet M.D., President of the College of Ph

Thomas Pellet. Line engraving by C. Hall after W. Hogarth

William Hogarth

Line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription on a pedestal below

John Taylor. Line engraving by P. Endlich, 1735, after himself

Philippus Endlich

Line engraving portrait of a man with a curly wig and lace cravat in an oval frame with Latin inscription.

Georg Abraham Mercklin. Line engraving by E. Nunzer after J. M. Krieger

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by alchemical flasks, books, an armillary sphere and a globe.

Tommaso Tommasi [Thomasi]. Line engraving by D. Custos

Dominicus Custos

Line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, shown in an oval frame on a stone pedestal.

Edmund Halley. Line engraving by G. Vertue after R. Phillips

Richard Phillips

Line engraving portrait of a man with curled wig and cravat in an oval frame, with an inscription below naming Salomon Cellar

Salomon Cellarius. Line engraving by J.C. Böcklin

Johann Christoph Boecklin

Line engraving portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe with his hand on a skull, inside an oval laurel wreath.

Karl Christopher Eisen. Line engraving by J. Sandrart after himself

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder

Line engraving of a marble-style bust of Edward Jenner on a pedestal, with draped shoulders and curly hair.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by J. Dadley, 1830, after C. Manning, 1805

Charles Manning

Line engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with Italian dedication text to Carlo Pigli below.

Carlo Pigli. Line engraving by G. Rossi after P. Bardotti

Palmiro Bardotti

Line engraving portrait of John Barclay, a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with his signature below.

John Barclay. Line engraving by Lizars after J. Syme

Line engraving portrait of a seated man in a dark coat with a quill pen and flowers on a desk, with caption below.

William Roxburgh. Line engraving by C. Warren, 1815

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, with an inscription below naming Johann Justus von B

Johann Justus von Berger. Line engraving by J. F. Clemens, 1781, after J. Juel

Line engraving oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, with heraldic crest and name cartouche below.

Pierre Clément Grignon. Line engraving by S. C. Miger, 1776, after A. Pujos

Line engraving portrait of Giovanni Rossi, a man with curly hair in dark formal dress, with a medal, above an ornate inscript

Giovanni Rossi. Line engraving by G. Nardini after L. Sivalli

Line engraving portrait of a man with curled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with cursive name inscription below.

Andreas Emmering. Line engraving by J. Boehm

Line engraving oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, with coats of arms and Latin inscription.

Eberhard Gockel. Line engraving by G. A. Wolffgang

Georg Andreas Wolfgang

Line engraving of a bearded man in a cloak and white collar, with a caption plate below.

Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Line engraving by C. Mellan after himself

Line engraving portrait of an elderly man with long white hair in a dark coat, with a printed signature below.

Jeremy Bentham. Line engraving by C. Fox, 1838, after H. W. Pickersgill

Henry William Pickersgill

Engraved portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, leaning on a ledge, within a rococo frame with Latin inscription.

Joannes Burmann. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J. M. Quinkhard, 1736

Jan Maurits Quinkhard

Oval line engraving of Andrew Duncan, a man in a powdered wig and frilled cravat, with caption below.

Andrew Duncan. Line engraving by T. Trotter, 1784, after W. Weir

Line engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with caption naming Baron Dupuytren.

Guillaume, Baron Dupuytren. Line engraving by F. J. Dequevauviller

François Jacques Dequevauviller

Line engraving of a bearded man with long hair in a fur-trimmed cloak, framed in an oval with ornate scrollwork.

Carolus Iarca. Line engraving by L. Hackenauer, 1676, after S. Bombelli

Sebastiano Bombelli

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace collar, framed by laurel wreath, with a printed name below.

Michael Bernardus Valentini. Line engraving by A. M. Wolffgang, 1701, after C. Labert