Memorials of Linnteus 



Linnaeus. That on the right is a mezzotint reproduction of 

 a replica, painted in 1739, of the portrait of Linnaeus in 

 Lapland costume (see below). The engraving differs in several 

 points from the original portrait. The replica came into the 

 possession of Dr. Robert Thornton towards the end of the 

 eighteenth century ; the reproduction was used for a plate in 

 his book entitled A New Illustration of the Sexual System of 

 Carolus von Linnceus, published in 1807. The right hand 

 holds a specimen of Linneza^ and the left an oval object, which 

 is apparently a press for drying plants ; gloves, drinking-horn 

 and various other implements hang from an ornamented leather 

 girdle. On a column behind are placed eight volumes of 

 Linnaeus's works. 



The portrait on the left is a reproduction from the painting 

 by Per KrafFt, 1774, now at the Royal Swedish Academy of 

 Sciences, Stockholm. 



FIRST CASE 

 SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF LINN^US 



(Presented by Dr. William Carruthers, F.R.S.) 



1 IN LAPLAND DRESS, 1737. A photograph of the original 

 painting by Martinus Hoffman, at Hartecamp, near Haarlem, 

 for George Clifford (see Hortus Gliffortianus in second case), 

 and now in the possession of Mr. Clifford of Nieuwersluys, 

 Holland. 



2 As A BRIDEGROOM, 1739- A photograph of the 

 original painting by the Swedish portrait painter J. H. Scheffel, 

 in Linnaeus's house at Hammarby, near Upsala. Linnaeus was 

 married in June, 1739, to Sarah Elizabeth Moraeus. 



3 FROM THE ENGRAVING by Augustus Ehrensverd, 1740. 

 The photograph is reversed. One hand rests on a volume 

 labelled on the back " Syst. Nat.," the other holds a sprig of 

 Linntsa. On the left shoulder is an academic gown which 

 comes in folds below the right arm. 



4 IN EVERY-DAY DRESS, 1747. From the lithograph of a 

 sketch by J. E. Rehn. 



