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Photograph of Cato Maximilian Guldberg and Peter Waag
- Circa 1891
Black and White portrait of Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836-1902) and Peter Waage (1833-1900). The two men are wearing suits and sitting at a small round table.
Waage and Guldberg were Norwegian chemists, together they…
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1889
Illustration of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927), by Léon Bonnat (1833-1922).
Pasteur is credited with discovering the principles of vaccination, microbial…
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Portrait of Albert Jordan
- Circa 1889
Portrait of Albert Jordan (1865-) dressed as a mountaineer. Jordan was an "oberbergrat" which is a type of government official.
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Portrait of Claude Louis Berthollet
- Circa 1888
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) was a French chemist who is recognized for his work on chemical nomenclature and the theory of chemical equilibria. Berthollet was additionally active in French politics and a member…
- Artist Riffarth, Heinrich
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Chemists
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Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1886 (Date of painting)
Portrait print of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927). This print is based on a painting that was commissioned by Jacob…
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M. [Monsieur] Louis Pasteur in his Laboratory
- 1885 (Date of painting)
Reproduction portrait print of French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) depicting Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm, surrounded by his experimental apparatus and innovative laboratory glassware developed for…
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Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917)
- Circa 1884
Portrait of Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835, in Berlin, Germany. As a student at the University of…
- Photographer Muller, Friedrich
- Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Portraits, Indigo, Baeyer, Adolf von, 1835-1917, Nobel Prize winners
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Portrait of John Lawes, "Agricultural Science"
- 1882
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814-1900), an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Lawes developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of…
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Chemists, Agriculturists, Lawes, J. B. (John Bennet), 1814-1900, Caricatures and cartoons, Agriculture
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Portrait of Henry Bessemer, "Steel"
- 1880
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), an English engineer, inventor, and businessman. Bessemer's name is chiefly known in connection with the Bessemer process…
- Artist Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Steel industry and trade, Steel, Chemists, Bessemer, Henry, Sir, 1813-1898, Caricatures and cartoons
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Portrait of Jules François Joubert
- Circa 1877 (Date of original photograph)
Printed portrait of French scientist and professor Jules Francois Joubert (1834-1910), who assisted French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Joubert collaborated with Pasteur in 1877,…
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Portrait of Lyon Playfair, "Chemistry"
- 1875
Color lithograph reproduces a watercolor portrait caricature of Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. Number 195 in the Vanity Fair collection, "Statesmen." The…
- Artist Pellegrini, Carlo, 1839-1889
- Publisher Vanity Fair
- Subject Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898, Caricatures and cartoons, Chemists
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Portrait of young Georg Bredig
- Circa 1872
A carte de visite of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) as a young child in what is today Głogów, Poland. From 1871 to 1919 the city was part of Germany.
Young Bredig is posed standing among ornate furniture with a tyrolean hat…
- Photographer Noack, H.
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Children
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Portrait of Jules Raulin
- Circa 1870 (Date of original print)
Portrait of French chemist and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently known as École supérieure de chimie, physique,…
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Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley
- After 1860 – before 1868
Cameo is oval with the profile of Joseph Priestley; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; sticker on back identifies the framer.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Cameos, Jasperware
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Portrait of Joseph Lister
- Circa 1855 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photogravure of English surgeon and Baron Joseph Lister (1827-1912) based on a circa 1855 daguerreotype photograph when Lister was around age 28. Influenced by Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) discoveries in…
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Scientists from the University of Breslau, 1852
- 1852
Group photograph depicting from left to right Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1887), Robert Bunsen (1811-1899), Adolph Duflos (1802-1889), and Moritz Baumert (1818-1865) at the University of Breslau.
Baumert was a German…
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M. [Michael] Faraday
- 1851
A lithograph portrait of a young Michael Faraday, looking left with his hand on his hip.
- Artist Maguire, Thomas Herbert, 1821-1895
- Publisher M. & N. Hanhart
- Subject Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
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Portrait of Justus von Liebig
- After 1845
Portrait of Justus von Liebgig (1803-1873), a German scientist. Justus von Liebig was a professor of chemistry at the University of Giessen in Germany and is recognized as one of the main founders of organic chemistry.…
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Paracelse
- After 1800 – before 1840
This profile portrait claims to provide a likeness of Paracelsus, the famed Swiss-German physician, botanist, and alchemist. A champion of chemical medicines, Paracelsus criticized established medical institutions for…
- Artist Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841
- Subject Alchemists, Paracelsus, 1493-1541
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Portrait print of Dr. John Dalton, F.R.S.
- 1834-Oct-01
Half-length mezzotint portrait of Dr. John Dalton, chemist and physicist, with his right hand partially tucked into his vest.
Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English…
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William Hyde Wollaston
- 1830
A seated portrait of William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), English chemist and physicist. He is holding spectacles and a piece of paper.
- Artist Skelton, William, 1763-1848
- Contributor Jackson, John, 1778-1831
- Publisher Skelton, William, 1763-1848
- Subject Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828
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John Dee
- 1827
This portrait of the famed alchemist John Dee (1527-1609) shows a bearded, elderly man attired in the fashion of the Elizabethan court, complete with a sober scholar's cap and a starched collar ruff. It closely…
- Publisher Hunt and Clarke
- Subject Alchemists, Dee, John, 1527-1608, Portraits
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Eilhard Mitscherlich
- 1824
An oval bust-length portrait of Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794–1863) facing right. He was a German chemist known for his law of isomorphism.
- Artist Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841
- Subject Mitscherlich, Eilhard, 1794-1863
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Sir Humphrey Davy Bar't.
- After 1821
A mezzotint portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829) seated at a desk with a burner lamp on his left and a quill in a holder in the foreground.
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Portrait of Nicholas Kratzer
- Circa 1818
This engraving portrays Nicholas Kratzer (1487?-1550), a German mathematician, astronomer, and horologist (horology is the art or science of measuring time), surrounded with tools related to his professional interests.…
