Person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics

Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.

A young man seated, holding a book and a pair of dividers, two older men standing, the eldest also holding dividers. Engraving by W. Ungher after Giorgione, c.1508.

A middle-aged man giving a geometry lesson to young woman, a young man [her suitor?] hides behind a large globe. Coloured lithograph.

Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Maurice D'Ocagne. Photograph by Sartony.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

A mathematician, using dividers to measure a diagram on a piece of paper. Engraving.

Astronomy and mathematics: Samuel Vince reading in his rooms at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, by the light of a shaded lamp. Aquatint by F. Jukes with engraving by J. K. Baldrey after R. C. Chilton, c.1784.

Colin Maclaurin. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1814.

Fame, with a lamp, hovering among clouds over the earth: around her are seven portraits of philosophers in ovals. Engraving by T. Millow, 1804, after R. Smirke.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

M0004118: Portait of Ramon Llull (c.1232-c.1315)

xix, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Ada, a life and a legacy / Dorothy Stein.

The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 / Michael Sean Mahoney.

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by N. Cavalli after G.B. Piazzetta.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 45.8 x 34.6 cm

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

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Mathematicians

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M0004118: Portait of Ramon Llull (c.1232-c.1315)

Ada, a life and a legacy / Dorothy Stein.

The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 / Michael Sean Mahoney.

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by N. Cavalli after G.B. Piazzetta.

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

Mathematicians

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Images referencing Mathematicians

Works from the collections

M0004118: Portait of Ramon Llull (c.1232-c.1315)

Ada, a life and a legacy / Dorothy Stein.

The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 / Michael Sean Mahoney.

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by N. Cavalli after G.B. Piazzetta.

A mathematician using dividers to draw geometrical shapes on a tablet. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

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