Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
- John Gilbert
- Date:
- [1860?]
- Reference:
- 575630i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1860?] ([London?] : Printed by J. Brooken)
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 65.6 x 111.6 cm
Related material
Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/24/11
Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/82/76
Lettering
The distinguished men of science of Great Britain living in the years 1807-8 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution. Designed by Gilbert and drawn by F. Skill and W. Walker. Engraved by W. Walker and G. Zobel
References note
A. Clow, 'A re-examination of William Walker's "Distinguished men of science", Annals of science, 1955, 11: 183-193
P. Fara, 'William Walker's portrait of "Men of science"', Endeavour, 2005, 25: 91-92
Reference
Wellcome Collection 575630i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Frodsham, William, 1778-1850.
- William Allen
- Henry Maudslay
- Samuel Bentham
- William Chapman
- Richard Trevithick
- William Murdoch
- Howard, Edward Charles, 1774-1816.
- Henry Kater
- William Smith
- Thomas Thomson
- Francis Baily
- Daniel Rutherford
- Nevil Maskelyne
- Edward Jenner
- Joseph Banks
- Robert Brown
- William Herschel
- Thomas Young
- Peter Dolland
- John Leslie
- Davies Gilbert
- John Playfair
- Joseph Bramah
- Humphry Davy
- Matthew Boulton
- Henry Cavendish
- William Henry
- Hatchett, Charles, c.1765-1847.
- William Hyde Wollaston
- Brunel, Mark Isambard, Sir, 1769-1849.
- Joseph Huddart
- James Watt
- John Dalton
- Thompson, Benjamin, Sir, Count von Rumford, 1753-1814.
- Edmund Cartwright
- Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
- Samuel Crompton
- Bryan Donkin
- William Jessop
- Patrick Miller of Dalswinton
- Robert Mylne
- Alexander Nasmyth
- John Rennie
- Francis Ronalds
- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
- Symington, William, 1763-1831.
- Thomas Telford
- Charles Tennant
- Troughton, Edward, 1753-1835.
- Richard Watson
- Royal Institution
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