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Wellcome Collection

2,683 works

Line engraving portrait of a man in a curled wig and cravat, within an oval frame with a coat of arms below.

John Marten. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1711, after F. Scheffer

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe holding a walking stick, with a harbor scene behind him.

Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne. Line engraving, 1731, after F. Diodati

François Diodati

Henri Emmanuel Meurisse. Line engraving by C. Simonneau, 1693, after J. Vivien

Oval line engraving portrait of Thomas Burnet in a scrolled frame, with a printed biography and handwritten note beside it.

Thomas Burnet. Line engraving by G. Vertue after Sir G. Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

John Harrison Curtis. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1839, after E. W. Wyon after P.A. Sarti

Pier Angelo Sarti

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with curled wig and white cravat, with Latin inscription and scrolled border.

Bartholomaeus Curtius. Line engraving by G. Bianchi, 1719

Engraved title page with oval bust portrait of Antonio Maria Valsalva, putti, ornate Rococo frame and Latin inscription.

Antonio Maria Valsalva. Line engraving by F. Zucchi

Francesco Zucchi

Line engraving of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe holding a book and a skull, with a coat of arms above.

Nicolaus Taurellus. Line engraving by W. P. Kilian, 1728

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian

Line engraving of Gijsbert van Ijzendoorn, a man with a mustache and white collar, in an oval frame above a pedestal.

Gijsbert van Isendoorn. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1795, after J. Buys

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, labelled Peter Pindar Esq, in an oval frame.

John Wolcot [Peter Pindar]. Line engraving by J. Corner after J. Opie

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and period coat, seated in a stone niche before bookshelves and drapery.

Johann Zacharias Platner. Line engraving by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1749, after E. G. Haussmann

Elias Gottlob Haussmann

Line engraving portrait of a seated bearded man beside a table with an anatomical figure, inkwell and open book.

Jacob Kornelisz. Line engraving by F. H. van der Hoove after C. de Visscher

Frederick Hendrick van den Hove

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, with dedication text and royal coat of arms be

Francis Willis. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1789, after R. Bowyer

Line engraving of a bearded man in a beret and ruff collar, with a Latin inscription below the portrait.

Cornelius Gemma. Line engraving by P. Galle, 1572

Oval line engraving of a clergyman in a dark robe and white collar, with caption naming Luca Gaurico.

Lucas Gauricus. Line engraving by G. Morghen

Giuseppe Morghen

Line engraving portrait of a man with curled light hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Sir Isaac Newton. Line engraving by Baumann after E. Seeman, 1726

Line engraving of a bewigged man in a dark coat and lace cravat, framed in an oval with a laurel garland above.

Gottfried Wilhelm Mueller. Line engraving by C.G. Geyser after F. L. Hauck

Friedrich Ludwig Hauck

Line engraving of a seated elderly man in a dark coat beside a column, captioned Isaacus Newton Eq. Aur. Aet. 83.

Sir Isaac Newton. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1726, after J. Vanderbank, 1725

John Vanderbank

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long hair and mustache in a fur-collared robe, with an inscribed frame and coat of arms.

Martin Richer de Belleval. Line engraving by G. Rousselet, 1662, after C. le Brun

Charles Le Brun

Line engraving portrait of Robert Pope, M.D., an elderly man with curly hair in a dark coat, facing left.

Robert Pope. Line engraving by F. Engleheart, 1824, after G. Engleheart

George Engleheart

Line engraving portrait of bearded Jacobus Zabarella in fur collar, inside an oval frame with Latin inscriptions.

Jacobus Zabarella. Line engraving by C. Ammon, 1652

Line engraving portrait of an elderly man with grey curled hair and ruffled cravat, labelled J. Bentham.

Jeremy Bentham. Line engraving by W.J.J. Des Hauvents

W.J.J Des Hauvents

John Howard. Line engraving by N. Thomas

Napoléon Thomas

Engraving of Blaise Pascal seated at a desk in thought, with books, quill, and a crucifix in a study.

Blaise Pascal, seated at his desk. Line engraving by J. Bein, 1844, after H. Flandrin

Hippolyte Flandrin

James Sims. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell, 1802, after G. Dance, 1796

George Dance the Younger

Engraved portrait of a man in a cap and fur-trimmed robe holding a scroll, with a book and inkwell on a table before him.

Joannes ab Indagine [Gersdorff]. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with curled shoulder-length hair and lace collar, captioned Giovanni Mayow in Italian s

John Mayow. Line engraving by A. Gajani, 1815

Line engraving oval portrait of an older man with curly hair, waistcoat and cravat, labelled Goethe, Æt. 79.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by E. Radclyffe after J. K. Stieler, 1828

Joseph Karl Stieler

Line engraving of a seated man with a rifle and a dog on a rock, with a landscape behind him and a signature below.

Jean Jacques Audubon. Line engraving after A. Chappel

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly hair and lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath, with Latin caption.

Johannes Dolaeus. Line engraving by J. U. Kraus after C. Labert