Scholar Collection (#3)

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Sir Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (1490-1546). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi
FLO4638391 Sir Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (1490-1546). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans

A female offender brought before a Mandarin
5616190 A female offender brought before a Mandarin; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a female offender brought before a Mandarin for Judgement. Dated 19th Century)

A Mandarin bureaucrat on trial
5616185 A Mandarin bureaucrat on trial; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Mandarin bureaucrat facing trial. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1800); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Anatomy of Melancholy
5616406 The Anatomy of Melancholy; (add.info.: Detail from the frontispiece of The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1577-1640) an English scholar at Oxford University

Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmeron, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473235 Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmeron, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmeron, 1515 - 1585

Copy after Rafael: The school of Athens, 1912 (oil on canvas)
8714413 Copy after Rafael: The school of Athens, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Jerichau, Jens Adolf (1890-1916); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva

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Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust
536121 Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust. 1556 (woodcut from Agricola De Re Metallica)

David Welsh (1793-1845)
864317 David Welsh (1793-1845); (add.info.: David Welsh (1793-1845) Scottish scholar and divine. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1843

Portrait of Charles John Ellicott
672646 Portrait of Charles John Ellicott; (add.info.: Charles John Ellicott (1819-1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman, He briefly served as Dean of Exeter

Portrait of Henry Fawcett
672621 Portrait of Henry Fawcett; (add.info.: Henry Fawcett - Woodbury Henry Fawcett (26 August 1833 - 6 November 1884) was a blind British academic

The Lace-Maker (colour litho)
8674322 The Lace-Maker (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lace-Maker)

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Johann Reuchlin, German Catholic humanist and scholar (mezzotint)
8626177 Johann Reuchlin, German Catholic humanist and scholar (mezzotint) by Haid, Johann Jakob (1704-67); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522)

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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting)
7337904 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting) by Cochin, Nicolas (1610-86); 61x50.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving)
7341594 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving) by Villamena, Francesco (1566-1624); 21.4x15.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915
5614403 Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915; (add.info.: Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar)

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915
5614401 Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915; (add.info.: Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar)

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915
5614399 Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915; (add.info.: Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar)

Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist
3078310 Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist; (add.info.: Portrait of Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist (1826-1889) a Finnish poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric language, author, and literary critic

George Buchanan (1506 - 1582), 1870 (engraving)
2603690 George Buchanan (1506 - 1582), 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: George Buchanan (1506 - 1582) Scottish humanist, historian and scholar

Pierre Bayle
2603649 Pierre Bayle; (add.info.: Pierre Bayle (1647 - 1706) French philosopher, skeptic and writer. engraving from "Histoire des Philosophes Modernes" by Alexandre Saverien (Paris, 1762))

Henry Baker Tristram
3586055 Henry Baker Tristram; (add.info.: Portrait of Henry Baker Tristram (1822-1906) an English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and ornithologist

Leonhart Wurfbain
3585901 Leonhart Wurfbain; (add.info.: Portrait of Leonhart Wurfbain (1581-1654) a German scholar. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Study of the eccentric scholar, 1850
3330929 Study of the eccentric scholar, 1850; (add.info.: Study of the eccentric scholar. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henri Estienne, aka Henricus Stephanu
3253093 Henri Estienne, aka Henricus Stephanu; (add.info.: Henri Estienne, c.1528/ 1531-1598, aka Henricus Stephanus. 16th-century French printer and classical scholar)

John Stuart Blackie (1809-1905)
863454 John Stuart Blackie (1809-1905); (add.info.: John Stuart Blackie (1809-1905) Scottish classicist and man of letters, born in Glasgow. Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University 1852-1882

Portrait of Charles John Vaughan
672643 Portrait of Charles John Vaughan; (add.info.: CJ Vaughan - Tinted lithograph Charles John Vaughan (16 August 1816 - 15 October 1897)

Moses Mendelssohn, 1770
1577441 Moses Mendelssohn, 1770; (add.info.: Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786) German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah

Venerable Bede (c.673-735) Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian: monk at Jarrow, Northumberland
532024 Venerable Bede (c.673-735) Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian: monk at Jarrow, Northumberland, holding open a book

Derwent Coleridge, English scholar and author (engraving)
8677124 Derwent Coleridge, English scholar and author (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Derwent Coleridge (1800-1883), English scholar and author

Reverend George Fisher (1794-1873), c.1860 (photo)
7337528 Reverend George Fisher (1794-1873), c.1860 (photo) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: unknown Fisher was a well-known astronomer)

Astronomical glass plate slide of lithographic portrait of Galileo Galilei (glass negative)
7342386 Astronomical glass plate slide of lithographic portrait of Galileo Galilei (glass negative) by Italian School, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915
5614402 Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915; (add.info.: Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846- 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar)

French costumes of the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912648 French costumes of the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: French costumes of the late 15th century)

Frontispiece of Physique sacree. ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible 1732
5306284 Frontispiece of Physique sacree. ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible 1732.; Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century. illustration. showing Saint Catherine
5306375 French 19th century. illustration. showing Saint Catherine; Universal History Archive/UIG

Monument to Robert Burton
5308212 Monument to Robert Burton.; (add.info.: Monument to Robert Burton (1577-1640) an English scholar at Oxford University. Dated 17th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Title page of Principle of Population written by Thomas Robert Malthus
5312123 Title page of Principle of Population written by Thomas Robert Malthus; (add.info.: Title page of Principle of Population written by Thomas Robert Malthus)

John Stuart Blackie, 1809-1895. Scottish scholar, poet and man of letters, from The Strand Magazine
3432517 John Stuart Blackie, 1809-1895. Scottish scholar, poet and man of letters, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (print) by English School

The Laplace's Nebula Hypothesis
3732386 The Laplace's Nebula Hypothesis; (add.info.: Images depicting the Laplace's Nebula Hypothesis. Left: The formation of a solar system Stage 1 - a nebula condensing into a star)

Portrait of Thomas Gray
864180 Portrait of Thomas Gray; (add.info.: Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet and classical scholar. Engraving, London, 1837.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of William Gifford Palgrave
672541 Portrait of William Gifford Palgrave; (add.info.: William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) was an Arabic scholar, born at Westminster, England, He was the son of Sir Francis Palgrave, K, H

Portrait of Sophia Bryant
865146 Portrait of Sophia Bryant; (add.info.: Mrs Sophia Bryant (born Willoch - 1850-1922) English mathematical scholar and teacher

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