Female Scientist Collection

The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho)
2798364 The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pythagoras and Euclid, 1437 (marble tile)
7260238 Pythagoras and Euclid, 1437 (marble tile) by Della Robbia, Luca (1400-82); 83x69 cm; Museo dell Opera del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Louis Pasteur (litho)
3093949 Louis Pasteur (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Pasteur. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Women of Science
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Marie Curie with her daughters Irene and Eve on RMS Olympic, USA, 1921 (b/w photo)
5858541 Marie Curie with her daughters Irene and Eve on RMS Olympic, USA, 1921 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Marie Curie arriving in New York City, USA, 1921 (b/w photo)
5858538 Marie Curie arriving in New York City, USA, 1921 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie Curie, Polish-Born French Physicist)

Marie Curie with her daughters Irene and Eve, and Mrs. Maloney, on RMS Olympic, USA, 1921 (b/w photo)
5858542 Marie Curie with her daughters Irene and Eve, and Mrs.Maloney, on RMS Olympic, USA, 1921 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer

La Mort d Archimede (engraving)
3645843 La Mort d Archimede (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Mort d Archimede. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1877)

Galvanization of the corpse of a hangman with the pile of Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta
XEE4136700 Galvanization of the corpse of a hangman with the pile of Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta: under the influence of electricite, the corpse seems to come back to life

Portrait of Robert Koch in his laboratory (engraving, 19th century)
LRI4670026 Portrait of Robert Koch in his laboratory (engraving, 19th century) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Robert Koch, Nobel Prize winner for his work on tuberculosis (engraving, 19th century)
LRI4670048 Portrait of Robert Koch, Nobel Prize winner for his work on tuberculosis (engraving, 19th century) by Unknown Artist

The Bezel of Holland, Astronomy and The Spectacle of Nature, 1755 (engraving)
1729628 The Bezel of Holland, Astronomy and The Spectacle of Nature, 1755 (engraving) by Dutch School, (18th century); (add.info)

Archimedes of Syracuse, portrait
7261211 Archimedes of Syracuse, portrait. by Fetti, Domenico (1589-1623); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archimedes of Syracuse, c.-287-c.-212 BC)

Statue of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), philosopher, French scientist, marble sculpture by Pierre Jules Cavelier
YOU4418363 Statue of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), philosopher, French scientist, marble sculpture by Pierre Jules Cavelier (1814-1894), erigee at the bottom of the Saint Jacques Tower in Paris

Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving)
1731203 Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) french chemist, engraving)

Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving)
1731187 Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) french chemist, engraving)

Monument to Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology
YOU4418493 Monument to Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology, Sculpture by Alexandre Falguiere (1831-1900)

Ceremonial costume of a Member of the Institute, Napoleonic era. 1825 (lithograph)
7237013 Ceremonial costume of a Member of the Institute, Napoleonic era. 1825 (lithograph) by Lecomte, Hippolyte (1781-1857); Private Collection; (add.info)

Nicolas de Condorcet Committing Suicide (engraving)
1731197 Nicolas de Condorcet Committing Suicide (engraving) by Scheffer, Ary (1795-1858) (after); (add.info.: Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794) french philosopher, killing himself in prison

Pythagoras (wood engraving)
1728911 Pythagoras (wood engraving) by French School; (add.info.: Pythagoras (6th century BC) Greek mathematician)

Statue of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology
YOU4420037 Statue of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology, Sculpture by Jean Baptiste Hugues (1849-1930), installed in the court of honour of the Sorbonne in Paris

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath, 1667- 1798 (engraving)
7237237 John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath, 1667- 1798 (engraving) by Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Arbuthnot FRS)

Andrea Cesalpino (engraving)
1731198 Andrea Cesalpino (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603) italian philosopher, physician and botanist, engraving)

Colin Maclaurin, Scottish child prodigy and mathematician. 1798 (engraving)
7237238 Colin Maclaurin, Scottish child prodigy and mathematician. 1798 (engraving) by Trotter, Thomas (1750-1803); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colin Maclaurin, 1698-1746)

Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, 17th cent. 1798 (engraving)
7237235 Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, 17th cent. 1798 (engraving) by Trotter, Thomas (1750-1803); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, 1580-1661)

Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and Latin poet, 1587-1641. 1798 (engraving)
7237232 Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and Latin poet, 1587-1641. 1798 (engraving) by Jamesone, George (1589/90-1644); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arthur Johnston)

Augustin Louis Cauchy (engraving)
1731188 Augustin Louis Cauchy (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) french mathematician, engraving)

Henri Poincare (engraving)
1728915 Henri Poincare (engraving) by French School; (add.info.: Henri Poincare (1854-1912) French Mathematician, mechanic, astronomer, mining engineer and philosopher.)

Leon Foucaults Telescope, 1862 (engraving)
1731172 Leon Foucaults Telescope, 1862 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Grand telescope de Leon Foucault, 1862, gravure The great telescope by Leon Foucault, 1862, engraving)

Georg August Schweinfurth (engraving)
1722610 Georg August Schweinfurth (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Georg August Schweinfurth (1825-1925) German explorer, botanist and anthropologist

Portrait of Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (engraving)
ELD4833930 Portrait of Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (engraving) by Rados, Luigi (1773-1840); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of William Herschel German-born British astronomer)

Robert Remak (engraving)
1722071 Robert Remak (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Robert Remak (1815-1865) german embryologist, physiologist and neurologist, engraving)

Statue of Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher and mathematician. 1779 (engraving)
7237417 Statue of Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher and mathematician. 1779 (engraving) by Cannetti, Giovanni Battista (1750-1810); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Zeno of Elea, 489-431 BC)

Scientists investigating basalt columns, Staffa, Scotland. 1807 (aquatint)
7237437 Scientists investigating basalt columns, Staffa, Scotland. 1807 (aquatint) by Daniell, William (1769-1837); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oval portrait of William Curtis, botanist and publisher. 1803 (engraving)
7235078 Oval portrait of William Curtis, botanist and publisher.1803 (engraving) by Evans, William (engraver) (fl.1797-1856); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of William Curtis, FLS)

Oval portrait of William Curtis, botanist and publisher. 1802 (engraving)
7235077 Oval portrait of William Curtis, botanist and publisher.1802 (engraving) by Evans, William (engraver) (fl.1797-1856); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of William Curtis, FLS)

German ornithologist in his study, 18th century. 1772 (engraving)
7234833 German ornithologist in his study, 18th century. 1772 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info.: German ornithologist in his study, 18th century)

Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist, 1733-1804. 1806 (engraving)
7235108 Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist, 1733-1804. 1806 (engraving) by Opie, John (1761-1807) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist)

Portrait of Daniel Rutherford, botanist. 1804 (engraving)
7235095 Portrait of Daniel Rutherford, botanist.1804 (engraving) by Raeburn, Henry (1756-1823) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daniel Rutherford, MD, FLS, physician and botanist)

Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor. 1800 (engraving)
7235083 Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor.1800 (engraving) by Hudson, Thomas (1701-79) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of Reverend Dr)

Archimedes, 1893 (bronze)
3743608 Archimedes, 1893 (bronze) by Civiletti, Benedetto (1846-90); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: The Royal Apartment, corridor which leads to the Viceroy Room Palermo)

Portrait of Colin Milne, botanist. 1806 (engraving)
7235114 Portrait of Colin Milne, botanist.1806 (engraving) by Russell, John (1745-1806) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Reverend Dr)

Thomas Martyn, Professor of Botany, Cambridge University. 1799 (engraving)
7235092 Thomas Martyn, Professor of Botany, Cambridge University.1799 (engraving) by Russel, John (1745-1806); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reverend Thomas Martyn, BD FRS, botanist)

Benjamin Franklin (litho)
1071517 Benjamin Franklin (litho) by Woolf, Samuel Johnson (1880-1948); 30.5x40.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790), statesman

Portrait of Albert Einstein, 1921 (photo)
GIA4726451 Portrait of Albert Einstein, 1921 (photo) by Schmutzer, Ferdinand (1870-1928) (after); Private Collection; © Giancarlo Costa

Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist. 1802 (engraving)
7235116 Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist.1802 (engraving) by Hopwood, William (1784-1853); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort)

Portrait of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, botanist. 1805 (engraving)
7235115 Portrait of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, botanist.1805 (engraving) by Russell, John (1745-1806) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aylmer Bourke Lambert, FRS)

Portrait of Colin Milne, botanist. 1804 (engraving)
7235112 Portrait of Colin Milne, botanist.1804 (engraving) by Russell, John (1745-1806) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of the Reverend Dr)

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"Unveiling the Legacy: Celebrating Female Scientists Through Time" From the ancient minds of Pythagoras and Euclid, who paved the way for mathematical brilliance, to the groundbreaking discoveries of Marie Curie in the early 20th century, female scientists have left an indelible mark on history. In a mesmerizing marble tile dating back to 1437, we glimpse into the intellectual world where Pythagoras and Euclid thrived. Their geometric theories laid a foundation that still shapes our understanding today. Fast forward to Louis Pasteur's era, captured in a lithograph that exudes his passion for scientific inquiry. His tireless efforts revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives. The iconic image of Marie Curie aboard RMS Olympic in 1921 showcases her unwavering dedication as she embarked on a journey to share her knowledge with America. Accompanied by her daughters Irene and Eve, this photograph encapsulates their shared love for science. Another snapshot from their transatlantic voyage reveals Mrs. Maloney joining forces with Marie Curie and her daughters on board RMS Olympic. A testament to camaraderie among women pursuing scientific excellence. Delving into German industry during the 1930s through black-and-white photographs unveils remarkable advancements. From apparatuses coating pills to petroleum distilling plants, these images showcase how female scientists played pivotal roles in shaping technological progress. A camera designed specifically for photo-micrography stands as evidence of their commitment to capturing intricate details unseen by the naked eye. Meanwhile, testing image-reversing prisms and lenses exemplify meticulous research conducted by these pioneering women. Tragically shifting gears towards history's darker moments is an engraving depicting Archimedes' death during Syracuse's siege in 212 BC—a stark reminder that even amidst chaos, scientific brilliance endures. Concluding our visual journey is a glimpse into German chemical laboratories from the same era—where innovation thrived.