British Virgin Islands born English physician and scientist (1744–1815)

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John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.

John Coakley Lettsom. Stipple engraving, 1804, after S. Medley.

Memoirs of the life and writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom , with a selection from his correspondence / by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

John Coakley Lettsom's house: north view of Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Coloured engraving by Darton and Harvey, after G. Samuel, 1795.

John Coakley Lettsom's house: south view of Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Coloured engraving by T. Medland, after G. Samuel, 1817.

John Coakley Lettsom. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.

A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.

John Coakley Lettsom's gardens: a view of the fountain and cottage at Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Coloured engraving after G. Samuel, 1795.

George Cleghorn. Stipple engraving by C. Sherwin.

A physician by his patient's death-bed; represented with a skeletal death figure at the window and an undertaker's assistant arriving with a coffin. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.

Tortola, the Virgin Islands: birthplace of John Coakley Lettsom. Engraving, 1815.

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815), successful Quaker physician / J.J.A.

John Coakley Lettsom's house and gardens, Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey: view from the road. Etching after G. Samuel, 18--.

'I think ye both quacks' : the controversy between Dr Theodor Myersbach and Dr John Coakley Lettsom / Roy Porter.

John Coakley Lettsom. Line engraving by T. Holloway, 1787.

Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / By John Coakley Lettsom.

Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavor Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughstman to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world ... To which is now added, remarks on the preface / by the late John Fothergill ... and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.

A ring-necked parakeet. Watercolour by J.C. Lettsom, 1757.

Memoirs of John Fothergill / [John Coakley Lettsom].

Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science. Vol. 1 / [John Coakley Lettsom].

Sasanqua camellia plant (Camellia sasanqua): flowering stem and nut. Engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 / By J. Carver, esq. captain of a company of provincial troops during the late war with France. Illustrated with copper plates.

An apology, for differing in opinion from the authors of the Monthly and Critical Reviews; on 1. Literary communications. 2. Variolous and vaccine inoculation. 3. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculation. 4. The means of preventing febrile contagion. 5. The establishment of charitable institutions / [John Coakley Lettsom].

Observations on the plan proposed for establishing "a Dispensary and Medical Society for the private and only immediate use of the subscribers, the families, and friends." / [Anon].

Hints respecting the distresses of the poor / By Dr. Lettsom.

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Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 / By J. Carver, esq. captain of a company of provincial troops during the late war with France. Illustrated with copper plates.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Observations on the plan proposed for establishing "a Dispensary and Medical Society for the private and only immediate use of the subscribers, the families, and friends." / [Anon].

Hints respecting the distresses of the poor / By Dr. Lettsom.

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John Coakley Lettsom

Images from the collections

Images by John Coakley Lettsom

Images featuring John Coakley Lettsom

Works from the collections

Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 / By J. Carver, esq. captain of a company of provincial troops during the late war with France. Illustrated with copper plates.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Observations on the plan proposed for establishing "a Dispensary and Medical Society for the private and only immediate use of the subscribers, the families, and friends." / [Anon].

Hints respecting the distresses of the poor / By Dr. Lettsom.

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