Voltaire
(1694-1778), Writer, satirist, philosopher and historianVoltaire (François Marie Arouet)
Sitter in 6 portraits
by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), after L. Sen
mezzotint, circa 1736-1766
NPG D19252
by Jean Daullé
line engraving, circa 1740-1763
NPG D20217
by Stanislas Jean, Marquis de Boufflers
etching, 1765
NPG D19711
by and published by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, after Dominique Vivant Denon, Baron Denon
line engraving, (6 July 1775)
NPG D18887
Voltaire; Jean Jacques Rousseau
by Rennoldson, published by Alexander Hogg
line engraving, published 31 March 1787
NPG D16170
by John Kay
etching, 1789
NPG D16878
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