Portrait prints of scientists, 1473-1898.

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was the first woman to receive full recognition in the field of astronomy. She grew up in Hanover, the only girl among five surviving children of the military musician Isaak Herschel and his wife Anna Ilse Herschel. Against the wishes of her mother, who would have preferred her to be a seamstress, Caroline, like her brothers, received musical training and became a concert singer. Caroline HerschelWhen she was 22 she followed her brother Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel ...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

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English physicist and chemist. From the guide to the Michael Faraday letter, 1867 May 1, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English chemist and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Royal Institution, to Benjamin Dockray, 1856 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607104668 Chemist, physicist. From the description of Michael Faraday letter, 1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010683 Engli...

Haid, Johann Elias, 1780-1809.

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Nargeot, Jean Denis, 1795-

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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723

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German portrait painter in England. From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1706 Jul. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496280 From the description of Printed document signed : Twickenham, 1714/15 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496294 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1701 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496248 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1703 Oct. 22. (Unknown...

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552

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Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742

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Alix, Pierre-Michel, 1762-1817

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Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829

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English physician and natural philosopher. From the description of Papers, 1817-1829. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007362 Epithet: natural philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00030a English chemist. From the description of Letter, 1810 May 22, to John MacMurray. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644626 From the description of Autograph lette...

Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695

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Hudson, Thomas, 1701-1779

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Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848

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Humphry Davy (1778–1829, APS 1810) was a British chemist and pioneer in the field of electrochemistry. He was a major figure in the reformed chemistry movement initiated by the French scientist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794, APS 1775). Davy was the son of an impoverished Cornish woodcarver. As a youth, he was apprenticed to an apothecary-surgeon with whom he pursued a regimen of self-study that included theology, philosophy, poetics, several languages, as well as,...

Hals, Frans, 1584?-1666

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Russell, John, 1745-1806

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Fry, William Thomas, 1789-1843

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Boilly, Julien-Léopold, 1796-1874

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Painter, lithographer, son of Louis-Léopold Boilly. From the description of Letter : to Barbier Dubocage, 1821. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78927321 ...

Raeburn, Henry, Sir, 1756-1823

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Scottish portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Viscount Melville, 1823 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616088 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to David Wilkie, 1821 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616092 Epithet: son of Sir Henry Raeburn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x0000c5 ...

Fraunhofer, Joseph ˜vonœ 1787-1826

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Bessel, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1784-1846

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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630

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Epithet: astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x00015c German astronomer. From the description of Autograph quotation signed with his name and title : [n.p.], 1627. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492692 From the description of Autograph note signed : Ratisbon, 1630 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270492571 From the description of Autograph notes ...

Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 1743-1794

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French chemist and government administrator, considered the founder of modern chemistry. From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123487897 From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938887 En 1775, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794) fut nommé régisseur des poudr...

Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601

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Epithet: Danish Astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000398 ...

Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655

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Epithet: Astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x000196 ...

Holl, Benjamin, 1808-1884

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Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

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Barchas, Cecile M.,

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Flamsteed, John, 146-1719.

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Dollond, John, -1804

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Le Verrier, U.-J. (Urbain J.), 1811-1877

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Epithet: astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x0000f2 ...

Aristotle

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Secchi, Angelo, 1818-1878

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Italian astronomer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Sigre. D. Luigi Bianchini, 1850 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634288 ...

Descartes, René, 1596-1650

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Epithet: philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003dc ...

Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841

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Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757

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Réaumur was a French physicist and naturalist. From the guide to the Manuscripts and illustrations for Descriptions des arts et métiers, 1721-1787., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Réaumur was a French physicist and naturalist. Duhamel du Monceau was a French botanist, agriculturist and physicist. Fougeroux, the nephew of Duhamel, was a French physiologist and archaeologist. From the description of Manuscripts and illustrations fo...

Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811

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Maskelyne was the 5th Astronomer Royal at Greenwich and is best known for having established the "Nautical Almanac" in 1766. From the description of Papers of Nevil Maskelyne, 1771-1809. 1771-1809. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225688734 In 1749 he entered Catharine Hall, Cambridge but migrated to Trinity College. 7th Wrangler. B. A. 1754. M. A. 1757. B. D. 1768. D. D. 1777. F. R. S. 1758. He was selected by the Royal Society to go to St. Helena to observe the t...

Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853

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French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. François Arago contributed to major discoveries concerning electromagnetism, light polarisation and velocity, the meridian arc length of the earth, and the standardisation of the metric system. From 1830 he was director of the Paris Observatory. Arago also served several roles in government, including a short period as the prime minister of France. From the description of Letter of François Arago written to Louis de Freyci...

Watt, James, 1736-1819

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Scottish inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to Robert Mylne, 1785 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660869 From the description of Autograph letter signed Boulton & Watt : Birmingham, to Messrs. Fermin De Tastet & Co., 1791 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660856 ...

Brewster, David, 1781-1868

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Natural philosopher and Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Autograph letters, 1819-1867 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78354815 Scottish physicist. From the description of David Brewster papers, 1836-1857, [Edinburgh]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847956 Educated for the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh University, but due to a form of nervousness gave up a clerical life and in 1802 became editor of the 'Edinburgh Ma...

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543

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Epithet: astronomer and mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00010c ...

Waltner, Charles Albert, 1846-1925

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0003d4 ...

Gareis, Franz, 1775-1803

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Bradley, James

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Epithet: Chief Clerk to the East India Board British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x0002c8 Epithet: Reverend; DD, FRS; Astronomer Royal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x0002cb Epithet: Reverend; Astronomer Royal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, baron, 1768-1830

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French chemist. From the description of Papers, 1851 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35073141 ...

Messier, Charles

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Epithet: FRS; French astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000391.0x0000bf ...

Gaildrau, Jules, 1816-1898

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Lagrange, J.L. (Joseph Louis), 1736-1813

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Italian-French mathematician. From the description of Autograph note signed, samedi 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598601 Comte Louis Lagrange was born in Turin. He became one of the most influential French mathematicians and physicists of his time. His work mostly concerned analysis, algebra, mechanics, celestial mechanics, etc. He also headed the Commission in charge of establishing the metric system in the 1790s. From the description of Papers. (Unknown)...

Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757

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Olbers, W. (Wilhelm), 1758-1840

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German astronomer (astronomy, medicine). Studied at University of Göttingen, Med. D. 1781; physician in Bremen, private observatory, 1781-1840. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83299996 ...

Thomson, James, 1788-1850

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Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827

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Marquis Peirre-Simon de Laplace was among the most influential French astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians of his generation. His most famous work concerns celestial mechanics, cosmogony, and probability theory. A senator, he also played a first-rank role in orienting scientific research and policies in Napoléon's Empire. From the description of Papers, 1779-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84004470 Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) was France's premier astronomer...

Barchas, Samuel I.,

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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

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English natural philosopher and mathematician. From the description of Receipt signed : London?, 1718 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612606 From the description of Autograph notes : [n.p.], ca. 1706?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611631 From the description of Document signed : London?, 1704 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612422 Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician. From the description of Notes on ancient history and ...

Delambre, J. B. J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822

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Delambre was a professor of astronomy in the Collège de France. He is best known for his tables of Uranus and his work on the history of astronomy. From the guide to the Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre papers, 1778-1821, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) French astronomer. From the description of Document signed, as perpetual secretary of the Académie Royale des Sciences : Paris, 1821 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536486 From the description...

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691

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Boyle, British natural philosopher, chemist. Eton College, circa 1635-1638, traveled on continent and studied with private tutors, 1638-1644. He was greatly influenced by his readings of Bacon and Descartes. Became active participant and member "Invisible College, London, 1644 (predecessor of the Royal Society, 1662); established a laboratory, Oxford 1654; Director, East India Company; financed much missionary work including the printing of Bibles for the various British colonies; m...

Stevens, Edwin A. (Edwin Augustus), 1795-1868

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Beaubrun, Charles 1604-1692

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Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 1732-1807.

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Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande was a French astronomer. From the description of Voyage d'un François en Italie, fait dans les années 1765 & 1766. 1769. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488799 French astronomer; teacher at the Collège Royale in Paris; compiler of navigational and astronomical tables and author of astronomy texts and other books on the history of mathematics and astronomy. From the description of Lett...

Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783

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French mathematician and physicist. From the description of Letter, 1752 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130317 French mathematician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris, to Mme la Marquise du Deffand, 1753 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131833 From the description of Sur les couleurs qui se forment au foyer des lentilles, et sur les dimensions de ce foyer : autograph manuscript unsigned, undate...

Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855.

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Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. From the guide to the Family papers, 1845-1925., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) German mathematician (mathematics, mathematical physics, astronomy, geophysics). Studied: Collegium Carolinum (Brunswick) 1792-1795; University of Göttingen 1795-1798; private researcher 1898-1806; University of Göttingen 1807 Director of Observatory and o. professor of mathematics. From th...

Holl, William, 1807-1871

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Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.W. Croker, 1815 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663622098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], Monday noon [1829 Feb. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], [1829] Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707570 From the description of Auto...

Bode, Johann Elert, 1747-1826

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Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) was a German astronomer. From the description of Johann Elert Bode papers, 1792-1807. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86164263 From the guide to the Johann Elert Bode letter and note, 1782, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) From the guide to the Johann Elert Bode papers, 1792-1807, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Lonsdale, James, 1777-1839

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Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854

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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594

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Posselwhite, J. (James), 1798-1884

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

Bolt, Johann Friedrich, 1769-1836

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Euler, Leonhard

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Swiss mathematician and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1750 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660033697 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1750 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660062506 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1748 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659772323 From the description of...

Herschel, William, 1738-1822

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William Herschel(b. November 15, 1738, Hannover, Germany–d. August 25, 1822, Slough, England) was a British astronomer and composer, and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). In the course of an observation on 13 March 1781, he ...

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712

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First director of the Paris Observatory, 1671-1712. From the description of Les observations de l'equinoxe du printêms de cette année 1703. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122528262 Jean-Dominique (aka. Giovanni Domenico) Cassini worked as a French astronomer. From the guide to the Abrégé d'astronomie, 1678-1712, 1678-1712, (American Philosophical Society) Jean-Dominique (aka. Giovanni Domenico) Cassini was a French astronomer...

Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623

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Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845

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French artist. Born at La Bassée in 1761, Boilly began to paint at the age of twelve and received training from his father, Arnould Boilly, a wood-carver. Boilly moved to Paris around 1786 and in 1833 was awarded the Legion of Honour. He is said to have painted over 5,000 portraits. From the description of [Lithographs of Osage Indians visiting Paris in 1827] [graphic], 1827. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41672603 ...

Raffet, Denis-Auguste-Marie, 1804-1860

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French painter and engraver. From the description of Letter, 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81665924 ...

Dupuis, Nicolas-Gabriel 1698-1771

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Bailly, Jean-Sylvain, 1736-1793

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Bailly was a scientist and astronomer who served in the French Revolutionary government and as mayor of Paris before being guillotined. From the description of [Documents] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 156790260 ...