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History of science graphics
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4701
Scope and content
Collection consists mainly of portraits of scientists and historians of science. Individuals pictured include George Sarton, H.H. Boysen, Howard B. Adelmann, Justus Liebig, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Isaac Barrow, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, André-Marie Ampère, Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, and others. One of the portraits of Lavoisier includes a chilling depiction of Jacobins confiscating his possessions during the Reign of Terror. Also, title page proof of "De Re Anatomica", by Realdo Colombo,...
Dates:
circa 1600s-1900s.
Physicians and scientists : Ben Grauer collection
Collection
Identifier: 4782
Scope and content
Consists chiefly of manuscript correspondence of various French, German, and British physicians and scientists, with some portrait engravings and sketches, biographical information, and portrait photographs. Also included are undated home remedies and prescriptions in French which appear to be of the late 18th or early 19th century; notes in French on biological processes, from the period ca. 1793-1805; notes for medical journal articles in English and French; and a legal document of 1738...
Dates:
1738-1950-(bulk 1870-1925).
Prudence Crandall portrait and film
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6953
Scope and content
Portrait of Prudence Crandall by Francis Alexander, oil on canvas. Also notebook of information about the portrait, requests for reproductions, slides, and requests for loans. Also, a documentary film on DVD, "To all on equal terms: the life and legacy of Prudence Crandall" (created by the Prudence Crandall Museum; produced by Hudson River Film and Video, 2009).
Dates:
1834-2009
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