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Richard Pearson. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after Miss Bracken.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, seated, in right profile. Engraving by J. Posselwhite after F. G. von Kügelgen.

Jeremy Bentham. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Watts.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Heath.

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. C. Naigeon.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Heath after H. Raeburn.

Leonardo da Vinci. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite.

Charles Michel, Abbé de l'Epée. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after C. A. Deseine.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after Sir G. Kneller, 1704.

Benjamin Harrison. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after G. Richmond.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Houbraken, 1738.

John Dollond. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after B. Wilson.

Marietta Alboni. Engraving by J. Posselwhite, 1849, after J. Laure.

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Works from the collections

John Dollond. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after B. Wilson.

Marietta Alboni. Engraving by J. Posselwhite, 1849, after J. Laure.

Richard Pearson. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after Miss Bracken.

Benjamin Harrison. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after G. Richmond.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Houbraken, 1738.