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Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man with long hair in armour, lace collar and chain with medallion.

King Charles I. Engraving by J. Taylor after A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly hair and a high white collar, in an oval frame on a light paper sheet.

Aubin-Louis Millin. Line engraving by F. Forster, 1821

François Forster

Engraved oval portrait of King Charles I with long hair and lace collar, framed by royal regalia and a coat of arms.

King Charles I. Engraving by M. van der Gucht, 17--, after A. Van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Engraving of a cleric holding a baby while reaching for another infant abandoned in the snow on church steps.

Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux

Nicolas-André Monsiau

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with long wavy hair, lace collar and dark cloak, hand on chest, above a blank cartouche

John Bulwer. Line engraving by W. Faithorne, 1653

William Faithorne

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller. Line engraving by L. Delaistre after H. Lalaisse

François Hippolyte Lalaisse

Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Engraving by B. Jenichen, 1572, after A. Hirschvogel, 1538

Augustin Hirschvogel

Line engraving portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur hat and coat, within an oval frame with a caption below.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by P.A. Le Beau after C.L. Desrais after C.N. Cochin, junior, 1777

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Line engraving of an elderly man with long hair seated in an armchair, holding a paper and raising one finger.

Roch Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, Abbé Siccard. Line engraving by A. Aubert after J.-M. Langlois, 1812

Jérôme-Martin Langlois

Line engraving bust portrait of a man with curly hair, high white collar and dark coat, captioned Orfila.

Pierre Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila. Line engraving by P. F. Bertonnier

Pierre François Bertonnier

Line engraving portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and fur stole, with a crest reading AD OPERAM and a French caption below.

Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier Ducoudray. Line engraving by J. Robert

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet, with a coat of arms and inscription plaque below.

Sir Thomas Browne. Line engraving by R. White, 1686

Oval line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and ruff collar, captioned as François Rabelais.

François Rabelais. Line engraving by N. Habert

Nicolas. Habert

Oval line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a white collar, one hand raised to his chest, with Latin text below.

Bernhard Verzascha. Line engraving by P. Aubry, 1663, after R. Werenfels

Rudolph Werenfels

Jean Baptiste de Senac. Line engraving by A.B. Duhamel after Fossier

Louis Denis Fossier

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola [Johannes Picus Mirandulanus]. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux after L. Beaudouin after…

Line engraving of a bust-length portrait of a man with curled hair, beard, bow tie and double-breasted coat.

Jean Giraudeau de Saint Gervais. Line engraving by J. M. Leroux after P. R. Vignéron

Pierre Roch Vigneron

Line engraving of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and curled wig, set in an oval frame with Latin inscriptions.

Lazare Rivière [Riverius]. Line engraving by Germain Audran

William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829

Engraving of a kneeling man in a hooded robe holding a reclining figure, with a skull, book, rosary and fruit in a rocky land

Sir Francis Dashwood at his devotions. Engraving attributed to W. Platt after W. Hogarth

William Hogarth

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, inside an oval frame with Latin inscriptions.

Thomas Plater [Platter] II. Line engraving by P. Aubry

Line engraving in an oval frame of a bald man in a dark high-collared coat with a star medal on his chest.

Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de Lacépède. Line engraving by J.M. Leroux after C. L. J. Hersent

Line engraving of Denis Diderot seated at a desk, writing with a quill beside an inkwell and papers.

Denis Diderot. Line engraving by B. L. Henriquez, 1777, after L. M. Vanloo

Louis-Michel van Loo

Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?]

Johann Heinrich Lips

Oval engraved portrait of Heinrich Khunrath in fur collar with dividers, book and dog, framed by Latin inscription.

Heinrich Khunrath. Line engraving by J. Diricks van Campen, 1602

Jan Diricks van Campen

Stipple engraving of Johann Georg Zimmermann in an octagonal frame with quill, scroll, clouds, willow and ivy column.

Johann Georg Zimmermann. Stipple engraving by K.(?) Mackenzie, 1804

Girolamo Cardano. Line engraving by K. Ammon, 1652

Gerbrand Bakker. Line engraving by C. C. Fuchs after W. Lubbers

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and lace cravat, labeled Balthazar Georges Sage, born Paris 1740.

Balthazar Georges Sage. Line engraving by J. Beauvarlet after F. G. Colson

Guillaume-François Colson

Line engraving of Michel Philippe Bouvart, a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, in an oval frame with Latin inscription.

Michel Philippe Bouvart. Line engraving by B. L. Henriquez, 1776 after F. Bourgoin

Benoît Louis Henriquez