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Etched caricature of a man on crutches carrying a woman on his back, with a barking dog and a tall stooped figure at right.

Nathaniel St André and his wife Elizabeth. Etching by W. Austin, 1773

Stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man in a brimmed hat and fur-collared coat, labelled Pierre Belon.

Pierre Belon. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu

Ambroise Tardieu

Oval line engraving portrait of a bearded man with long hair holding a pen, with Latin inscription below.

Johannes Tilemann. Line engraving

Stipple engraving portrait of a woman with curled hair, flowers and a pearl necklace, with French verse caption below.

Ninon de Lenclos. Stipple engraving by P. Augrand after J. Petitot

Engraved oval portrait of Louis Pasteur, an older bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, on a pale sheet.

Louis Pasteur. Etching, 1891, after Nadar

Etched portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, resting his hand on a chair against a dark background.

Henry Davis Pochin. Etching by L. Nassard

Oval stipple engraving of Charles de l'Ecluse, a bearded botanist in a ruff collar and ornate doublet, with printed caption b

Charles de l'Ecluse [Clusius]. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself after M. Rota

Lithographic bust portrait of Doña Catalina de Erauso wearing a white collar and breastplate, with printed caption below.

Catalina d'Erauso, a Spanish nun who lived as a male soldier in America. Lithograph by A.L. Noël, 1833, after F. Pacheco

Francisco Pacheco

Etching of a surgeon performing a dissection on a cadaver as a crowd of men in period dress looks on closely.

The Parisian surgeon and anatomist A. Velpeau (1795-1867) performing an anatomical dissection. Etching, after F.N.A.…

Augustin Feyen-Perrin

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a dark robe and skullcap, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

Thomas Senacchius. Line engraving by D. Rossetti after S. Bombelli

Sebastiano Bombelli

Engraved oval portrait of Georg Wolfgang Gruber with allegorical figures, globes, instruments and a lute below.

Georg Wolfgang Gruber. Engraving by J.C. Reiff, ca. 1687

Johann Conradt Reiff

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman with curled hair and pearls, with a crown beside her against a dark background.

Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, seated; crown in the background. Mezzotint by D. Lucas after R. Bowyer, 1831

Lithograph bust portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat, cravat and lapel medal, with a caption below.

Christian Georg Theodor Ruete. Lithograph by G. F. Schlick, 1859

Pencil portrait of a man in a bow tie and waistcoat, labelled Michele Tenore, drawn by C. E. Liverati in 1841.

Michele Tenore. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and bow tie, with handwritten inscription below.

Franz P. Liharzik. Lithograph by J. Havemann

Etched portrait of an older man in round spectacles and powdered wig, behind a draped table with a candle and classical colum

Henry Moyes. Etching by J. Kay, 1796

Lithograph portrait of a man in dark coat and white cravat, with the name Giuseppe Bolis printed below the image.

Giuseppe Bolis. Lithograph by J. Barbiroli

Charles Fabry. Lithograph by P. Helbronner, 1929, after himself

Paul Helbronner

Lithograph of a seated man in a dark coat resting his hand on his cheek beside stacked books and an open volume.

James Loftus Marsden. Lithograph by J. Bell-Smith, 1849

John Bell-Smith

Lithograph portrait of a man with folded arms, cravat and dark double-breasted coat, labelled John Lindley.

John Lindley. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849

Thomas Herbert Maguire

Etched print of a statue of Berzelius on a stone pedestal, surrounded by trees and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Etching by "A. S." after C. G. Quarnström

Carl Gustaf Quarnström

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Joh. Gottfr. Bremser.

Johann Gottfried Bremser. Lithograph by K. Lanzedelly

Karl Lanzedelli

Pencil portrait of a man in three-quarter view with high collar and cravat, signed at lower right on a beige sheet.

Joseph Barclay Pentland. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with a mustache in a frock coat and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

Friedrich Rochleder. Lithograph by A. Dauthage, 1853, after himself

Lithograph portrait of an older man with wavy grey hair, dark coat and white cravat, in an oval vignette.

Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm Nebel. Lithograph by C. Levecke after Bieler

Lithograph portrait of a standing man in a dark uniform with medals, holding a plumed helmet and sword.

Joseph Kottmayer. Lithograph by E. Kaiser, 1850

Grey lithograph of a classical-style bust of a man with curly hair on an inscribed pedestal, dated 1828.

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Tommasini. Lithograph by G. Canuti, 1828

Pencil bust portrait of a smiling man in a jacket and cravat, with handwritten signature below.

Barthélemy Lapommeraye. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Lithographic portrait bust of Giovanni Antonio Galvani, a man in dark jacket and white cravat, with printed caption below.

Giovanni Antonio Galvani. Lithograph by G. B. Cecchini

Giovanni Battista Cecchini

Paolo Giovio. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589