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looking plant. A furtlier singular alteration of the Linncea has 

 been made by the engraver of the frontispiece to Stoever's ' Leben 

 des Ritters Carl von Liime,' 1792. He has converted the insignia 

 of the Polar Star into a passion-flower, and the insignificant 

 spray of Limxcea into a considerable branch, more suited, as 

 he thought, to the large flower ! J. Heath reproduced this 

 blunder in his engraving of Linna>us prefixed to Trapp's transla- 

 tion of Stoever, 1794 ; and it is found also in a small portrait 

 surrounded by a rectangular engine-turned frame engraved on 

 " Perkiu's patent hardened steel," and inscribed " Linnseus." 



P. Kraftt in 1774 painted a portrait of Linnaeus to be placed 

 among the " Fuudatores " of the Eoyal Academy of Sciences at 

 Mtockliolm. It is a short half-length with the face almost full, 

 very slightly directed to the right, and the eyes looliing straight 

 forward. The wart on tlie right cheek is very prominent, and 

 that on the nose is placed on the ridge slightly to the left side. 

 The left hand is resting on a large book, some plants of Linncea 

 placed on the book below tlie hand. This portrait was 

 engraved by J. Snack in 1780 in octavo size. One of the 

 impressions bears the inscription that the engraving was done 

 at the expense of J. C. Holmberg. A much better engraving of 

 the same portrait was executed by Akrel in 1797. It is said to 

 be " Ex Efiigie simillima, Coll. Med. Svec." Maton says that 

 the original painting by Krafft belongs to the College of Physi- 

 cians at Stockholm ; as lie adds that it has been engraved, by 

 Akrel, it appears that he obtained his information from Akrel's 

 engraving. Prof. Pries informs me that Krafft' s portrait is not 

 to be found now at the College of Physicians; but Mr. Gepp 

 says that a portrait by Kraff"!; like that engraved by Akrel is in 

 the possession of the Sundhetsnamd (Board of Health) at 

 Stockholm. 



Probably to this time belongs an oval medallion engraved by 

 Snack at tlie expense of J. C. Holmberg. It is inscribed round 

 the upper part of the oval " Carolus a Linne." It is a poor 

 production, and it is not likely to be an independent portrait 

 from the life. 



The last authentic portrait of Linnsous was that painted by 

 Eoslin. This painter was a native of Sweden and was born in 1718. 

 He went to Germany in 1745, Italy in 1747, and came in 1752 

 to Paris, where he s])ent the rest of his life. He visited Sweden 

 in 1774 and 1775, when he painted portraits of the meuibers of 

 the Eo\al Pamil}", and be.-ides of only two private people, — 

 Schefter the Minister, and Liuna?us. He died in 1703. 



In the following letter to the Secretary of the Eoyal Academy 

 Linnteus refers to Eosliu's work : — 



" Mv GOOD Sir,— 



As I am staying at Ilammarby I have had no post till 

 to-day. Mr. Eoslin did the portrait for iiothing and therefore 

 was free to dispose of it even without my consent, but by this 



