Memorials of Linn a us 



5 PROFILE, 1747. From a lithograph which is said to 

 be the facsimile of a drawing from nature by J. E. Rehn, the 

 original of which is unknown. 



6 IN COURT DRESS, 1752. A photograph of the original 

 pastel by Gustaf Lundberg, painter to the Swedish Court ; the 

 original is now in the possession of Mr. Olof Wijk, Gothenburg. 



7 A PHOTOGRAPH of the original painting by J. H. Scheffel, 

 1755, in Linnaeus's house at Hammarby. The right hand holds 

 a sprig of Lmntea ; the Cross of the Polar Star is attached to 

 the coat. 



8 A PHOTOGRAPH of the medallion by Carl Fridr. Inlander, 



1773. The original medallion is in Linnaeus's house at 

 Hammarby, but Inlander produced two replicas, one of which 

 was presented to the Linnean Society by Sir Joseph Banks in 

 1790. It shows the Linnaa and the Cross of the Polar Star. 



9 A PHOTOGRAPH of the original painting by Per Krafft, 



1774, for the College of Physicians in Stockholm, now at the 

 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. The left 

 hand holds the Linntea and partly covers the Cross of the 

 Polar Star. 



10 A PHOTOGRAPH of the original painting by Alexander 

 Roslin, 1775, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 

 Stockholm. 



AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT 



1 AUTOGRAPH in the album of Schutze, dated Upsala, 

 October 9, 1751. The quotation " Famam extollere factis" 

 (Virgil, Aen. x. 468) was the keynote of his life, and occurs 

 again at the end of the list of his works and also on the fly-leaf 

 of his autobiography, both here exhibited. A similar phrase 

 occurs in the autograph epitaph exhibited. 



2 AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1707-1750. The page exhibited 

 records his birth at one o'clock between May 12 and 13, 

 1707, his name Carl, his parents Nils Linnaeus and Christina 

 Brodersonia. On f. 18 is a list of his works, corresponding 

 with that here exhibited, followed by brief notes of their 

 contents, etc. Swedish. Autograph. 



