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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1882,0909.51-64
Description
14 reproductive prints in unbound volume, an assortment of portraits of scientists with accompanying biographical texts, part of a series entitled 'The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men of History, Volume VI: Science' (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1880). Kept loose within tied red boards with black lettering Photomechanical print of etchings and engravings
Producer name
Printed by:
W Clowes
Published by:
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
School/style
British
Production date
1880
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
photomechanical print
Dimensions
Height:
360 millimetres
(boards)
Width:
270 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Sixth of eight volumes in this series. Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Location
Not on display
Subjects
scientist
Associated names
Portrait of:
Hippocrates
Portrait of:
Archimedes
Portrait of:
Galen
Portrait of:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Portrait of:
Johannse Kepler
Portrait of:
Galileo
Portrait of:
Dr William Harvey
Portrait of:
Sir Isaac Newton
Portrait of:
Charles Linnaeus
Portrait of:
Antoine Lavoisier
Portrait of:
Marie François Xavier Bichat
Portrait of:
Georges Cuvier
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men of History
(Volume VI)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
Acquisition date
1882
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1882,0909.51-64