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A selection of 12 portraits of scientists and those involved in scientific discovery.

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Sir Isaac Newton, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG 2881

Sir Isaac Newton

by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1702
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2881

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt, by Stephen Slaughter - NPG 569

Sir Hans Sloane, Bt

by Stephen Slaughter
oil on canvas, 1736
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 569

Sir William Herschel, by Lemuel Francis Abbott - NPG 98

Sir William Herschel

by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1785
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 98

James Watt, by Carl Fredrik von Breda - NPG 186a

James Watt

by Carl Fredrik von Breda
oil on canvas, 1792
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 186a

Edward Jenner, by James Northcote - NPG 62

Edward Jenner

by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1803
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 62

John Dalton, by Thomas Phillips - NPG 5963

John Dalton

by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1835
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5963

Michael Faraday, by Thomas Phillips - NPG 269

Michael Faraday

by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1841-1842
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 269

Robert Stephenson, by John Lucas - NPG 5792

Robert Stephenson

by John Lucas
oil on canvas, circa 1846
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5792

Charles Darwin, copy by John Collier - NPG 1024

Charles Darwin

copy by John Collier
oil on canvas, 1883, based on a work of 1881
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1024

Sir William Henry Perkin, by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope - NPG 1892

Sir William Henry Perkin

by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1906
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1892

Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent, by Noel Denholm Davis - NPG L247

Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent

by Noel Denholm Davis
oil on canvas, 1909
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L247

Dorothy Hodgkin, by Maggi Hambling - NPG 5797

Dorothy Hodgkin

by Maggi Hambling
oil on canvas, 1985
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5797