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painting, and reproduced in Bernigeroth's engraAing, is probably 

 intended to cover the change that eight years \sould produce in 

 the face of Linne. 



I'urther moditications were subsequently introduced by Bergquist 

 and Tanje in their engravings after Bernigeroth. 



TV. and Y. 1747. Ej;hx. 



The two sketches by J. E. Rehn, dated 1747, are now kno\\-n 

 only by reproductions. Eehn uas a copper-plate engraver, who 

 was sent by Count Tessin to Paris to study under Le Bas. 



The first portrait by Kehn is a full-length sketch of Linnc in 

 liis every-day dress when he was 40 years old. The original 

 drawing came into the possession of the Eight Hon. Henry AV. 

 W. Wynne. It was reproduced by J. S. Templeton, and published 

 by Cohiaghi for the proprietor in January 1830. 1 have been 

 unable to discover the original ; the representatives of Mr. Wynne 

 cannot discover it in the collections left by him, and Messrs. Col- 

 naghi know" nothing of the original. The lithograph represents 

 Linne in a long frock coat, a frock vest, knee breeches, and 

 gaiters buttoned to the knee. He has on a wig, wears a sword, 

 and seems to be meditating under the influence of the tceecl, which 

 he is enjoying from a long-stemmed pipe. 



The second sketch is an outline head and shoulders. It is known 

 from a lithographic reproduction which is said to be the " Facsimile 

 d'uu profil dessine d'apres nature par J. E. Eehn." In the Eoyal 

 Library, Stockholm, there is a copy having "en 1747" inserted 

 before "par J. E. Eehn." It seems to me A'ery probable that this 

 profile \A as made for the medal struck in honour of Linnaeus in 

 1646, and dedicated to Count Tessin by four noblemen. In so 

 far as the portrait on this medal difi'ers from Inlander's medallion 

 it agrees with Eehn's sketch. The die-sinker executed the profile 

 directly on the metal, and the portrait on the medal came out 

 reversed. The discrepancy in the dates is not serious, and the 

 likelihood of Eehn's desire to acknowledge in some way his 

 gratitude to Count Tessin favours this suggestion. 



VI. 1751. LUJS^DBEEG. 



In 1751, or the following year, Gustaf Lundberg made a beautiful 

 pastel portrait of Linne. Lundbei'g was born in 1695. When he 

 was 22 years of age his master David von Krafft sent him to 

 Paris, where he studied under Eosalba, who introduced pastel 

 painting into France. Lundberg became famous in this art. He 

 returned to Sweden, and in 1750 was appointed painter to the 

 Court. He painted many portraits of the Eoyal family. Linne 

 resided at the Court at Drottuingholm Palace in 1751, and after- 

 wards in 1752 and the beginning of 1753 at Ulriksdal and at 

 Stockholm, being occupied in naming and cataloguing the extensive 

 natural history collections belonging to members of the Eoyal 



