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Nevil Maskelyne, detail from an engraving by E. Scriven after a portrait by Vanderburgh.

James Cook, oil painting by John Webber; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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James Bradley, detail of an oil painting after Thomas Hudson, c. 1742-47; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Harrison, detail of an oil painting by Thomas King; in the Science Museum, London

Sir John Pringle, detail of an engraving by W.H. Mote after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Cavendish, Henry

Joseph Priestley

Nevil Maskelyne, detail from an engraving by E. Scriven after a portrait by Vanderburgh.

James Cook, oil painting by John Webber; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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