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220 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Science, appliance and technology - Scientific discovery'
A selection of portraits and images that include scientific and medical equipment used for research and/or treatment. Refers to instruments relating to the study and exploration of the natural world including compasses and telescopes and those referring to engineering. Includes interior and exterior views of scientific and medical institutions.
Wendy Diane Savage (née Edwards)
by Julia Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1997
NPG P751(17)
by David Cobley
oil on canvas, 2011
NPG 6897
attributed to Henry Collen
watercolour, bodycolour and varnish on ivory
NPG 1893
'The Forty-Foot Telescope at Slough'
by Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
platinum print, 1839, printed later
NPG x44706
Portrait study for 'The Two Ways of Life'
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
watercolour, crayon and chalk on photographic emulsion, 1856-1857
NPG x199786
Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 22 October 1861
NPG Ax56064
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 June 1862
NPG Ax59745
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 June 1862
NPG Ax59749
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 21 July 1862
NPG Ax60480
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 28 March 1862
NPG Ax57281
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 28 March 1862
NPG Ax57282
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 18 April 1865
NPG Ax64160
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132901
possibly by Edward Cahen
vintage print, 1900s
NPG x9501
Haakon VII, King of Norway; probably Sir Harry Charles Legge
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, August 1902
NPG Ax137097
by Olive Edis, and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
platinotype on photographer's card mount, mid 1900s
NPG x26566
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1904
NPG Ax137106
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x111