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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) on engraving from the 1800s. French mathematician and astronomer who prepared tables that plot the location of Uranus. Engraved by B.Holl from a painting by Boilly and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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David Brewster (1781-1868) on engraving from the 1800s. Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer, inventor and writer. Engraved by W.Hall and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co in 1847.
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Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813) on engraving from the 1800s. Italian mathematician and astronomer. Engraved by R.Hart and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) on engraving from the 1800s. Swiss mathematician and physicist Engraved by B.Holl from a picture by Lorgna and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) on engraving from the 1800s. French mathematician and astronomer considered as one of the greatest scientists of all time. Engraved by J.Pofselwhite from a picture by Nedeon and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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James Johnson (1777-1845) on engraving from the 1800s. Influential British physician and writer on diseases of tropical climates. Engraved by W.Holl and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co.
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Isaac Newton (1643-1727) on engraving from the 1800s. One of the most influential scientists in history. Engraved by E. Scriven and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Isaac Newton (1643-1727) on engraving from the 1800s. One of the most influential scientists in history. Engraved by W.T. Fry and published by the London Printing and Publishing Company.
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Isaac Newton (1643-1727) on engraving from the 1800s. One of the most influential scientists in history. Engraved by Freeman from the original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller and published by Arch. Fullarton & Co Glasgow.
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Francois Arago (1786-1853) on engraving from 1859. French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. Engraved by C.Barth and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Olinthus Gregory (1774-1841) on engraving from the 1800s. English mathematician, author and editor. Engraved by H.Robinson after a painting by R.Evans and published by Fisher, Son & Co, London in 1846.
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) on engraving from the 1800s. English philosopher, statesman, lawyer, jurist, author and scientist. Engraved by J.Pofselwhite from a picture by J.Houbraken in 1738 and published in London by Charles Knight & Co, Ludgate Street.
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Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) on engraving from the 1800s. French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher. Engraved by H.Meyer and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) on engraving from the 1800s. German philosopher, polymath and mathematician. Engraved by B.Holl and published in London by W.S.Orr & Co.
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) on engraving from the 1800s. Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor and gentleman scientist, also noted for his writings in theology. One of the founders of modern chemistry. Engraved by R. Woodman and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) on engraving from the 1800s. French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and writer. Engraved by W. Holl and published in London by Wm. S. Orr & Co.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) on engraving from 1873. English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. Engraved after a painting by A.Chappel and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1873.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) on engraving from 1872. Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during Queen Victoria's reign. One of the most popular British poets. Engraved after a painting by A.Chappel and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1872.
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Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) on engraving from 1873. Irish writer, poet and physician. Engraved after a painting by A.Chappel and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1873.
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Publius Vergilius Maro (70BC-19BC) on engraving from 1685. Ancient Roman poet. Engraved by Leonardo Agostini and published in Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depictae,Italy,1685.
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Eugene Sue (1804-1857) on engraving from the 1800s. French novelist. Engraved by A.H Payne.
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August von Kotzebue (1761-1819) on engraving from the 1800s. German dramatist and politician.
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) on engraving from the 1800s. English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. From a painting in the possesion of Archdeacon Cambridge.
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) on engraving from the 1800s. English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Engraved by W.Holl and published in London by A.Frillarton & Co.
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Matthew Lewis (1775-1818) on engraving from the 1800s. English novelist and dramatist. Engraved by J.Hottis from a drawing by G.H.Harlowe and published in London by J.Murray & Sold.
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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) on engraving from the 1800s. English theologian, dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator and political theorist. Engraved by W.Holl from a picture by G.Stewart and published in London by W.S.Orr & Co.
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Joseph Black (1728-1799) on engraving from the 1800s. Scottish physician best known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat and carbon dioxide. Engraved by J.Pofselwhite from a picture by Raeburn and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Joseph Banks (1743-1820) on engraving from the 1800s. Naturalist and patron of science. Engraved by H.Robinson and published in London by John Tallis & Company.
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John Bunyan's Dream on engraving from the 1800s. English Christian writer and preacher (1628-1688). Engraved by J.Rogers after a picture by H.Warren and published in London by J.Tallis & Co.
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John Black (1783-1855) on engraving from the 1800s. Editor and political economist. Engraved by W.Thomas.
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Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) on engraving from the 1800s. French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. Engraved by W.Hopwood from a painting by G. de La Tour and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street & Pall Mall East.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) on engraving from the 1800s. Major Genevois philosopher, writer and composer. Engraved by R.Hart and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) on engraving from the 1800s. German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. One of the most important figures of the enlightenment era. Engraved by A.H.Payne and published in London by Brain & Payne.
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Death of Philip Sidney on engraving from the 1800s. English poet, courtier and soldier (1554-1586). Engraved by H.K.Bourne after a painting by Rigaud.
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William Ellis (1794-1872) on engraving from the 1800s. English missionary and author. Engraved by W.R.Wade from a picture by Barber of Derby and published in 1827 for the Congregational Magazine by B.J.Holdsworth.
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Richard Hurd (1720-1808) on engraving from the 1700s. English writer and bishop of Worcester. Published as the Act directs, 1781 by I.Walker, Paternoster Row.
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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) on engraving from the 1800s. First astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentric cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. Engraved by E. Scriven and published in London by Wm. S. Orr & Co.
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Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) on engraving from the 1800s. One of the most influential writers of the French renaissance. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Joseph Banks (1743-1820) on engraving from the 1800s. Naturalist and patron of science. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) on engraving from 1800s. Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus Don Quixote, is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. Engraved by E.Mackenzie and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Washington Irving (1783-1859) on engraving from 1859. American author, essayist, biographer and historian. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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August von Kotzebue (1761-1819) on engraving from 1859. German dramatist and author. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) on engraving from 1859. One of the greatest Russian poets. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Moritz Hartmann (1821-1872) on engraving from 1859. German poet and author. Engraved by Kuhner and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Johann Peter Uz (1720-1796) on engraving from 1859. German poet. Engraved by Nordheim and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Johann Karl August Musaus (1735-1787) on engraving from 1859. German author. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Johann Gottfried Seume (1763-1810) on engraving from 1859. German author. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Jean Paul (1763-1825) on engraving from 1859. German Romantic writer. Engraved by C.Schwerdgeburth and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832) on engraving from 1859. French chemist and statesman. Engraved by G.Metzeroth and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) on engraving from 1859. German neuroanatomist and physiologist, pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain.Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) on engraving from 1859. French chemist and physicist. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860) on engraving from 1859. German nationalistic and antisemitic author and poet. Engraved by C.Barth and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) on engraving from 1859. German poet and writer. Engraved by unknown artist and published in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Germany,1859.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) on antique print from 1898. German mathematician and physical scientist. After Jensen and published in the 19th century in portraits, Germany, 1898.
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Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) on engraving from the 1800s. Irish writer, poet and physician. Engraved by W.Hol and published by A.Fullarton & Co.
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Noah Webster (1758-1843) on engraving from the 1800s. American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, spelling reformer, political writer, editor and prolific author. Called as the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". Engraved by J.Rogers and published by the London Printing and Publishing company.
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Felicia Hemans (1793-1835) on engraving from 1820. English poet. Engraved by W.Holl after a painting by W.E.West.
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Eliza Cook (1818-1889) on engraving from 1874. English author, Chartist poet and writer. Engraved after J.Watkins and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1874.
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Democritus (460BC-370BC) on engraving from 1788. Ancient Greek philosopher. The most influental pre-ocratic. His atomic theory may be regarded as the culmination of early Greek thought. He is considered as the "father of modern science". Engraved by Blake after Peter Paul Rubens and published in ''Essays on Physiognomy'',UK,1788.
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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554-1628) on engraving from 1830. Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman. Engraved by J.Cochran and published in ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'',UK,1830.
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Henry Wotton (1568-1639) on engraving from 1831. English author and diplomat. Engraved by J.Cochran and published in ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'',UK,1831.
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Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) on engraving from 1873. Prolific Irish writer of adults and children's literature. Engraved after a painting by A.Chappel and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1873.
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John Heaviside (1748-1828) on engraving from 1835. King's George III of England surgeon. Engraved by J.Cochran after W.Beechey and published in "National Portrait Gallery'',UK,1831.
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) on engraving from 1873. English social theorist and Whig writer. Engraved after a painting by A.Chappel and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1873.
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Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536-1608) on engraving from 1829. English statesman, poet, and dramatist. Engraved by T.Wright and published in ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'',UK,1829.
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Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781-1859) on engraving from 1874. Irish novelist. Engraved after a drawing by S.Lover and published in "The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories'',USA,1874.
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Robert Nares (1753-1829) on engraving from 1835. English clergyman, philologist and author. Engraved by S.Freeman after J.Hoppner and published in "National Portrait Gallery'',UK,1835.
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Erasmus (1466/1469-1536) on engraving from the 1800s. Dutch Renaissance humanist Catholic priest and theologian. Engraved by E.Scriven after a painting by G.Fenn and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) on engraving from the 1700s. Swedish scientist, inventor, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian. Engraved by W.Holl and published in London by A.Fullatron & Co.
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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) on engraving from the 1800s. Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher. Mostly remembered for his opposition to the French Revolution. Leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party. Engraved by H.Robinson from a painting by J.Reynolds and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co in 1845.
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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) on engraving from the 1800s. Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher. Mostly remembered for his opposition to the French Revolution. Leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff from a picture after J.Reynolds and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street & Pall Mall East.
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Astley Cooper (1768-1841) on engraving from the 1800s. English surgeon and anatomist. Engraved by W.H.Mote from a picture by T.Lawrence and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co in 1838.
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Anthony Carlisle (1768-1842) on engraving from the 1800s. English surgeon. Engraved by H.Robinson and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co in 1838.
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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) on engraving from the 1800s. French writer, poet and politician. Engraved by F.Holl from a picture by F.Gerard and published in London by Peter Jackson.
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Alonso de Ercilla (1533-1594) on engraving from the 1800s. Spanish nobleman, soldier and epic poet. Engraved by Carmona.
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Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) on engraving from the 1800s. Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet. Engraved by W.Holl and published in London by Fisher, Son & Co in 1838.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) on engraving from the 1700s. English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Drawn by B.Arlaud and engraved by G. Duchange.
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Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) on engraving from the 1800s. English physician also known as ''The English Hippocrates''. Engraved by E.Scriven and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Robert Christison (1797-1882) on engraving from the 1800s. Scottish toxicologist and physician. Engraved by C.Cook from a photograph by Moffat and published in London by W.Mackenzie.
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Robert Bunsen (1811-1899) on engraving from the 1800s. German chemist. Engraved by C.Cook and published by William Mackenzie.
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Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) on engraving from the 1800s. Founder of French tragedy and one of the three great 17th century French dramatists, along with Moliere and Racine. Engraved by T.Woolnoth from a picture by C.Lebrun and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) on engraving from the 1800s. German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. Engraved by W.Holl and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) on engraving from the 1800s. Irish novelist. Engraved by J.Thomson after a drawing by E.T. Parris and published in London by Longman & Co.
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Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) on engraving from the 1800s. French speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. Engraved by E.finden after a painting from Gerard and published in London by A.Fullatron.
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Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) on engraving from the 1800s. Commonly known as Madame de Stael, French speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. Engraved by E.Scriven after a painting from Gerard and published in London by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
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Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) on engraving from the 1800s. German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry. He is known as the "Father of the Fertilizer Industry''. Engraved by C.Cook and published in London by W.Mackenzie.
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Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) on engraving from the 1800s. The Father of Swedish Chemistry. Engraved by C.W.Sharpe and published in London by W.Mackenzie.
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John Ray (1627-1705) on engraving from the 1800s. English naturalist, referred as the father of English natural history. Engraved by H.Meyer and published in London by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.
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John Milton on engraving from the 1800s. English poet, author, polemicist and civil servant for the commonwealth of England. Best known for his epic poem Published in London by L.Tallis.
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