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Wellcome Collection

2,683 works

Line engraving portrait of Johann August Unzer seated at a desk with books, a quill, and a letter, framed by a curtain.

Johann August Unzer. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1767

Reinier Vinkeles

Line engraving portrait of Johann Christian Lehmann in an oval frame, wearing a curled wig and fur-trimmed robe.

Johann Christian Lehmann. Line engraving by M. Bernigeroth

Martin Bernigeroth

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and white cravat, with serpent staff and armillary sphere below.

Domenico Guglielmini. Line engraving by J. à Montalegre after A. M. Cavazzoni

Angelo Michele Cavazzoni

Engraved oval portrait of John Wallis in clerical dress with a coat of arms beneath and a ribbon cartouche above.

John Wallis. Line engraving by M. Burghers, 1699, after D. Loggan, 1678

Line engraving of a seated man with long hair and white collar holding a book, with Italian inscription and coat of arms belo

Niccolò Falcucci. Line engraving by G. Vascellini after himself

Gaetano Vascellini

Line engraving portrait of a man with curled hair and lace collar beside an open book, bookshelves and instruments, dated 166

Michael Boudewyns. Line engraving by P. Clouwet after A. van Diepenbeeck, 1664

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Line engraving of an elderly man in a wig and fur-trimmed robe holding a quill, with books and a Latin inscription.

Johann Franz Loew von Erlsfeld. Line engraving by A. Birckart, 1723, after P.F. Fahrenschon (Farnschan)

Paul Friedrich Fahrenschon

Caricature of a bespectacled man at a lectern surrounded by animals including a lion, peacock, swan, and sheep.

Joseph Skoda, surrounded by animals. Wood engraving by [A. C.] after H. Schliessmann, 1882

Hans Schließmann

A young man as a shepherd, designated as Abraham Cowley. Line engraving by J. Hall after C.F. Zincke after Sir P. Lely

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar within an oval frame, with an inscription naming Johann Cuno.

Johann Cuno. Line engraving by M. van Somer

Mathias van Somer

Line engraving portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, mustache and goatee in a dark coat, labeled Evang. Torricelli.

Evangelista Torricelli. Line engraving by Foi, 1857

Line engraving of a bewigged man in lace cuffs within an oval frame, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription below.

Johann Heinrich Menrad de Vorwaltern. Line engraving by J. Mörl

Engraved portrait of a bearded cleric seated with a globe and dividers, with a Latin inscription below.

Joannes Carolus de La Faille. Line engraving by A. Lommelin, 1646, after A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Jonas Dryander. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1811, after G. Dance, 1795

George Dance the Younger

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wig, surrounded by alchemical furnaces and flasks, with a landscape vignette below.

Ambrose Godfrey [Hanckwitz]. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1718, after R. Schmutz

Line engraving portrait of Francesco Bianchini, a man in a skullcap and striped coat with lace jabot.

Francesco Bianchini. Line engraving by G. Bozza after C. Rizzardini

Cecilia Rizzardini

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by J. H. Lips, 1780, after himself

Johann Heinrich Lips

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with long curly wig and lace cravat holding a book, inscribed Nicolas Lémery.

Nicolas Léméry. Line engraving by F. Pilsen

Line engraving of a seated man in a dark robe and lace collar, hand on a book, with a printed name caption below.

Christophorus Nicolai. Line engraving by W. P. Kilian, 1728

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, with a Latin caption naming Johannes Juncker below.

Johannes Juncker. Line engraving after J.A. Ruediger

Johann Anton Rüdiger

John Abercrombie. Engraving by F. Croll

Line engraving portrait of Johann Georg Hoyer in an oval frame with a curled wig, cloak, and coat of arms below.

Johann Georg Hoyer. Line engraving after M. Tyroff

Line engraving of a seated bearded man in a robe holding a globe and rolled chart, labelled Galileo Galilei.

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by G. B. Gatti after E. Demi, 1839

Paolo Emilio Demi

Line engraving of a bearded man in a ruff collar leaning on a table, with a curtain behind and a caption naming Sir Henry Wot

Sir Henry Wotton. Line engraving, 1672, after P. Lombart

Line engraving portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair in an oval laurel wreath, with a coat of arms below.

Robert Bayfield. Line engraving by W. Faithorne, 1657

William Faithorne

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar holding a sprig of leaves, with Latin and Dutch inscriptions.

Theodor Velius. Line engraving by T. Matham

Line engraving oval portrait of Marcello Malpighi, man with wavy hair, dark robe and white collar.

Marcello Malpighi. Line engraving by L. Martelli after F. Rosaspina after C. Cignani, 1683

Pencil portrait of a man with short dark hair in a jacket and cravat, turned to the left, with handwritten name below.

Lodovico Pasini. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Line engraving of a bewigged man in lace cravat and cloak within an oval inscribed frame with a coat of arms.

Giuseppe Cervi. Line engraving by J. à Paloma after V. de Iriarte

Line engraving portrait of John Locke in an oval frame, with shoulder-length hair and a dark coat and white cravat.

John Locke. Line engraving by J. Goldar after Sir G. Kneller, 1697

Godfrey Kneller