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Wellcome Collection

2,683 works

Oval line engraving of a man with long curled wig and lace collar, with Latin inscription naming Iacobus Pancratius Bruno bel

Jacob Pancraz Bruno. Line engraving by H. J. Schollenberger

Johann Jacob Schollenberger

Line engraving portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark frock coat, white cravat and waistcoat, one hand in his coat.

Albert Jan Verbeek. Line engraving by D. J. Sluyter, 1836, after J. A. Kruseman, 1831

Jan Adam Kruseman

François Jacquier. Line engraving by C. Tinti

Empedocles. Line engraving by D. Cunego, 1785, after Raphael

Line engraving of a bewigged clergyman in a dark robe with a cross pendant, labeled Belsunce, in an oval vignette.

Henri François Xavier de Castelmoron Belsunce. Line engraving by F. J. Dequevauviller

François Jacques Dequevauviller

Line engraving portrait of David van Gesscher, an elderly man with powdered hair and a ruffled cravat, in an oval frame.

David van Gesscher. Line engraving by B. de Bakker after R. Jelgerhuis

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe holding a book, with an arched frame and Latin inscription.

Burckhardus Mithobius [Mithoff]. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving of a bewigged man with lace cuffs holding a quill, seated before bookshelves, with a printed name caption belo

Cornelis Bontekoe. Line engraving by A. Halweg after himself

Adrianus Halweg

Line engraving portrait of a man in a curled powdered wig and cravat, inscribed Bernard Nieuwentijt M.D., in an oval frame.

Bernard Nieuwentijdt. Line engraving by P. van Gunst after D. Valkenburg

Dirk Valkenburg

Charles Hatchett. Soft-ground etching by F. C. Lewis after T. Phillips

Thomas Phillips

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin text in an oval frame.

Joannes Heurnius. Line engraving by W. Swanenburg, 1607

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg

Line engraving of a seated man in a wig beside a desk with quill and inkwell, with a bust on a pedestal at right.

John Freind. Line engraving by P. Fourdrinier after M. Dahl, 1725

Francesco Redi. Line engraving by A. Zaballi

Antonio Zaballi

Line engraving of Daniel Defoe in a powdered wig and cravat within an ornate oval frame with a coat of arms.

Daniel Defoe. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1706, after himself

Michael Vandergucht

Line engraving of Sanctorius seated in a suspended balance chair beside a table of food, captioned Sanctorius in his Balance.

Sanctorius Sanctorius. Line engraving by J. Beugo

Line engraving portrait of Sir William Knighton, a man with curly hair in a dark coat and patterned cravat.

Sir William Knighton. Line engraving by W. Greatbach, 1838, after Sir T. Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

Engraved portrait of a man with curled powdered wig in an oval frame, with an inscribed stone pedestal and verse below.

Quirin van Blankenburg. Line engraving by E.L. Creite after J.J. Nachenius, 1745

Jan Jacob Nachenius

Oval engraved portrait of Sir Christopher Wren in a curled wig, with an inset portrait of Hugh Howard below.

Sir Christopher Wren. Line engraving by A. Bannerman after Sir G. Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

Line engraving portrait of a man with long hair in a dark cloak and white collar, holding a sprig of flowers.

Moritz Hoffmann. Line engraving by P. Kilian after D. Preissler, 1664

Daniel Preissler

Antonio Maria Valsalva. Line engraving by R. Ceracchi

Romuald Ceracchi

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with long curled wig and lace cravat, holding a book, within a lettered frame.

Nicolas Léméry. Line engraving by C. Vermeulen after L. E. Ferdinand

Oval engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark doublet, with an inscription below.

Albertus Kyper. Line engraving by J. Suyderhoeff after D. Bailly

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and clerical collar, with Latin inscription and a coat of arms below.

Rudolf Jacob Camerarius. Line engraving by J. C. Dehne

Johann Christoph Dehne

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain of office, with a candle and open book beside him.

Johann Kueffer. Line engraving by J. van der Heyden, 1631

Jacob van der Heyden

Line engraving of a statue of a robed man holding a scroll, on a pedestal inscribed Thomas Guy Founder.

Thomas Guy. Line engraving after P. Scheemaeckers, 1731

Peeter Scheemaeckers

Line engraving of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe with a skull, book and quill on a table, in an arched frame.

Georg Laube. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of Philemon Holland, an older bearded man in a ruff collar seated at a desk with a book and quill.

Philemon Holland. Line engraving by W. Richardson, 1798

William Richardson

Line engraving portrait of bearded Johannes Sambucus in a ruff collar, with book and Latin inscription in an ornate frame.

Johannes Sambucus. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of Alessandro Volta in embroidered coat and lace cravat, with a medal, within an oval vignette.

Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta. Line engraving by G. Bonatti after G. Garavaglia

Giovita Garavaglia

Line engraving portrait of a seated man holding an anatomy book, with surgical instruments, flowers and books on a table.

Giovanni Battista Paletta. Line engraving by J. Bernardi after V. Raggio

Vincenzo Raggio