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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 wounded man on the floor of a room with a table, as onlookers react and smoke rises from the right.

Marie-François Vergèz. Line engraving by F.L. Couché, 1807

François Louis Couchè

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

Oval line engraving of a man with powdered hair, fur-trimmed coat and decorations, captioned Le Baron P.F. Percy.

Pierre-François, Baron de Percy. Line engraving by G.L. Lestudier Lacour after J. Delaplace

Delaplace.Jacques, 1767-after

Line engraving of an older bearded man in a dark robe and white collar, resting his hand on a skull beside a book.

François Hérard. Line engraving by L. Cossin (Coquin) after F. Sicre

François Sicre

Line engraving of a young man with curly hair and lace collar in an oval laurel frame, inscribed Regnerus de Graaf, 1666.

Reinier de Graaf. Line engraving by G. Edelinck and J. Edelinck, 1666, after H. Watélé

Caricature of veterinarian Chapard in top hat and apron holding a poodle, with horses and instruments around him.

Chapard, veterinarian at Chantilly. Colour lithograph after A. Bisetzky, 1884

Antoine Bisetzky

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat in an oval frame, with a caption below.

Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan. Line engraving by E. Ficquet, 1748, after L. Tocquet

Engraved portrait of Pierre-Joseph Desault, man with powdered hair, fur-collared coat and lace jabot, with printed caption be

Pierre-Joseph Desault. Line engraving by L. J. Cathelin, 1791, after C. N. Cochin, 1788

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Line engraving portrait of Pierre Varignon, a man in a wig and dark robes, within an oval frame with French inscriptions.

Pierre Varignon. Line engraving by E. Desrochers

Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers

Line engraving portrait of a man with long curly hair and dark robe, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription below.

Franciscus Sylvius [Deleboe]. Line engraving by J.L. Durant after C. van Dalen junior

Cornelis van Dalen

Line engraving of a bearded man with curly hair and a white collar in an oval frame, with inscription below.

Vitus Riedlin the elder. Line engraving attributed to J.G. Bodenehr

Johann G Bodenehr

Engraved key sheet with numbered portrait heads of eighteenth-century men and a printed legend of names below.

Key plate to the print of the death of Lord Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778. Engravi…

John Singleton Copley