1781. Copper-line engraving. 1781. 180mm by 110mm (platemark). John Fothergill FRS (1712 - 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. He is credited with first identifying and naming trigeminal neuralgia in his work Of a painful affection of the face in 1765. John Fothergill made a study.....
1793. Copper-line engraving. 1793. 120mm by 155mm (platemark). 'Grand Cricket Match, played in Lord's Ground Mary-le-bone, on June 20th and following day between the Earl's of Winchelsea and darnley for 1000 Guineas.' Published July 1st 1793 by J Wheble, Warwick Square, London.The match, played between Lord Winchelsea's MCC team with.....
1847. Steel-engraving. 1847. 115mm by 90mm (image) 265mm by 205mm (sheet). Thomas Linacre (c. 1460 - 20 October 1524) was a humanist scholar and physician, after whom Linacre College, Oxford and Linacre House The King's School, Canterbury are named. He was physician to Henry VIII and founder of the Royal.....
1832. Steel-engraving. 1832. 230mm by 145mm (platemark). James Brindley (1716 – 1772) was a pioneering canal builder. A couple of faint marks in margins. "
1834. Steel-engraving. 1834. 225mm by 143mm (platemark). Facsimile signature below title. Sir William Jackson Hooker, FRS (1785 -1865) was an English systematic botanist and organiser, and botanical illustrator. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens.....
C1835. Copper-line engraving. C1835. 480mm by 625mm (sheet) 440mm by 560mm (platemark). Copper-line engraving originally published by G & J Robinson in 1803, this impression, circa 1835. Excellent condition, one light waterstain in right margin not affecting the image."
C1810. Copper-line engraving. C1810. 210mm by 160mm (platemark). Sir Samuel Garth FRS (1661 - 1719) was an English physician and poet. Garth matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1676, graduating B.A. in 1679 and M.A. in 1684. He took his M.D. and became a member of the College of Physicians in.....