Regency scientists

Miles Partington

1751-1838
Apothecary and pioneer of electricity
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Pearson

1751-1828
Physician and chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Priestley

1733-1804
Theologian and scientist
Sitter in 28 portraits

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford

1753-1814
Scientist; founder of the Royal Institution
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir James Edward Smith

1759-1828
Botanist
Sitter in 6 portraits

William Smith

1769-1839
Geologist and engineer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Mary Somerville

1780-1872
Scientific scholar and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope

1753-1816
Scientist and politician; MP for Wycombe
Sitter associated with 46 portraits

Edward Troughton

1753-1835
Scientific instrument maker
Sitter in 4 portraits

Andrew Ure

1778-1857
Chemist and scientific writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Deane Franklin Walker

1778-1865
Astronomer; youngest son of Adam Walker
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Walker

1766?-1816
Astronomer; eldest son of Adam Walker
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Waterton

1782-1865
Naturalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Wollaston

1660-1724
Philosopher
Sitter in 9 portraits