Regency Portraits Catalogue
John Playfair (1748-1819), Mathematician and geologist
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by Sir Henry Raeburn
circa 1811
NPG 840
Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
1858-1862
NPG 1075
Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
1862
NPG 1075a
Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
1862
NPG 1075b
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