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Scientist: Bigelow, Erastus Brigham (1814 - 1879)
Discipline(s): Industrialist ; Science Patron
Print Artist: William G. Jackman, fl. 1841-1860 
Medium: Engraving 
Original Dimensions: Graphic: 15.5 x 11 cm / Sheet: 26.1 x 17.5 cm
Portrait of Erastus Brigham Bigelow
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Scientist: Field, Cyrus West (1819 - 1892)
Discipline(s): Science Patron
Original Dimensions: Graphic: 31 x 21.4 cm / Sheet: 32.8 x 25.9 cm
Portrait of Cyrus West Field
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Scientist: Gilbert, Davies (1767 - 1839)
Discipline(s): Engineering ; Science Patron
Print Artist: James Thomson, 1789-1850 
Medium: Engraving 
Original Artist: Howard Howard, 1769-1847 
Original Dimensions: Graphic: 11.6 x 9 cm / Sheet: 27 x 21.6 cm
Portrait of Davies Gilbert
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Scientist: Thaw, William (1818 - 1889)
Discipline(s): Science Patron
Original Dimensions: Graphic: 13 x 11.5 cm / Sheet: 28 x 17.7 cm
Portrait of William Thaw
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Scientist: Van Rensselaer, Stephen (1764 - 1839)
Discipline(s): Science Patron
Print Artist: Asher Brown Durand, 1796-1886 
Medium: Engraving 
Original Artist: A. Dickinson 
Original Dimensions: Graphic: 10.4 x 9 cm / Sheet: 24.2 x 15.1 cm
Portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer
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