Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Home| Collections

Character sketches - Early works to 1800

On this page

  • Works from the collections
  • Related topics

Works from the collections

9 works

    • E-books
    • Online

    Imitations of the characters of Theophrastus

    | Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
    • E-books
    • Online

    A legacy for the ladies : or, Characters of the women of the age / by the late ingenious Mr. Thomas Brown.

    Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704. | Date: 1705
    • E-books
    • Online

    Proposals for printing by subscription , 4000 Copies of the Characters of Theophrastus, With a Strictly Literal Translation of the Greek into Latin, According to the Specimen hereto annexed; and With Notes and Observations on the Text, In English: For the Benefit of Hertford College. By R. Newton, D.D. and Principal.

    Theophrastus | Date: [1752]
    • E-books
    • Online

    A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By a gentleman, who resided several years in those countries. In two volumes. Vol. I.

    Moore, John, 1729-1802. | Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
    • E-books
    • Online

    The characters of Theophrastus. Translated from the Greek, by Eustace Budgell, Esq;.

    Theophrastus | Date: 1718
View all

Related topics

Characters and characteristics - Early works to 1800

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Accessibility

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence