Engraved portrait of a bespectacled man in a dark coat holding a telescope, with the script caption 'Dr Kitchiner' beneath, on cream paper.

William Kitchiner, stipple engraving by T. Woolnoth, 1827

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with round wire-rimmed spectacles, dark high-collared coat and white cravat, holding a long telescope across his lap while a second tube rests at lower left. A script caption below the figure reads 'Dr Kitchiner', and the printed credits name Rubidge as painter and Woolnoth as engraver.

Artist: Joseph William Rubidge
Date: 1827
Medium: Portrait prints Stipple engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2523 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1827.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century 1820s 1827 stipple engraving portrait print optics telescope spectacles monochrome