_Wrexham_—Thomas Edgworth, Esq. J. E. Bowman, Esq., F.L.S., _Treasurer_. Major William Lloyd. _Yarmouth_—C. E. Rumbold, Esq., M.P. Dawson Turner, Esq. _York_—Rev. J. Kenrick, M.A. John Wood, Esq., M.P. THOMAS COATES, _Secretary_, No. 59, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford Street. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. THE GALLERY OF PORTRAITS: WITH MEMOIRS. VOLUME I. LONDON: CHARLES KNIGHT, PALL-MALL EAST. 1833. PRICE ONE GUINEA, BOUND IN CLOTH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. Page. 1. Dante 1 2. Sir H. Davy 11 3. Kosciusko 21 4. Flaxman 27 5. Copernicus 34 6. Milton 43 7. Jas. Watt 55 8. Turenne 63 9. Hon. R. Boyle 72 10. Sir I. Newton 79 11. Michael Angelo 89 12. Moliere 95 13. C. J. Fox 103 14. Bossuet 113 15. Lorenzo de Medici 122 16. Geo. Buchanan 129 17. Fénélon 137 18. Sir C. Wren 144 19. Corneille 153 20. Halley 161 21. Sully 169 22. N. Poussin 177 23. Harvey 185 24. Sir J. Banks 193 LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES Stamford Street. [Illustration: _Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff._ DANTE ALIGHIERI. _From a Print by Raffaelle Morghen, after a Picture by Tofanelli._ Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. _London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East._ ] GALLERY OF PORTRAITS. [Illustration] DANTE