John Napier, seated, wearing a skull cap, his right hand resting on an open book. Line engraving by R. Cooper.

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John Napier, seated, wearing a skull cap, his right hand resting on an open book. Line engraving by R. Cooper. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : engraving ; image 31.5 x 23.4 cm

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Nobilissimus, cum genere tum scriptis, Joannes Napierus scotus, merchistonij baron: celeberrimus logarithmorum inventor, & c. obijt April 3, 1617, aetat: 67 ; R. Cooper sculp Lettering (motto) within the print reads: In prudentia et simplicitate

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R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2121.1

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Wellcome Collection 7348i

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