Joseph Priestley

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The file contains:;a) an oval copperplate showing a portrait of Priestley by J. Hazlitt and W. Nutter, 21 x 28 cm. Subscript: The Rev.ed Joseph Priestley. L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. Published April 14th 1789 by J Hazlitt No. 65 Margaret Street & sold by R. Cribb No. 228. High Holborn.;b) a copperplate showing an oval portrait of Priestley by W. Bromley, 10 x 16 and 14 x 21 cm. At the bottom symbolic engravings with figures and chemical instruments. Subscript: Joseph Priestley. L.L.D: F.R.S.;c) a steel engraving (proof and print) showing a portrait of Priestley by W. Holland from a painting by Gilbert Stewart, 16 x 26 cm. Subscript: Priestley. From a Picture by Gilbert Stewart in the Possesion of T.B. Barday Esq. of Liverpool. Under the Superintendace of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, & Pall Mall East.;d) a copperplate showing a portrait of Priestley in profile, 28 x 38 cm. Subscript: Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S., Ac. Imp. Petrop. R. Paris. Holm. Taurin. Ital. Harlem. Aurel. Med. Paris. Cantab. Americ. Et. Philad. Socius. Born Mar. 13 1733, Died Feb. 6 1804. London: Sold by D. Eaton, 187 High Holborn.