The annexed etching is after a portrait in the Combination Room of Jesus College, presented by Jarvis Kenrick, LL. D. in 1808. It is commonly described as a portrait of the renowned William Harvey by Rembrandt. The genuineness of the painter seems to be negatived by the character of the handling and colour: there is a freshness and a softness which does not belong to Rembrandt's works. There is in the Museum at the Hague, a painting precisely similar to this, which is marked in the catalogue as probably the portrait of le grand pensionnaire Cats. The execution however in this picture is not unworthy of Rembrandt's pencil. But the question of the genuineness of the portrait should be decided by comparing it with others which exist.

The instances for comparison are four.

I. The portrait in the Library of the College of Physicians, an authentic one. It is a full length, in a sitting posture, by Corn. Jansen. A line engraving was made after it by J. Hall, for the Frontispiece to an Edition of Harvey's Works in Quarto published by the College of Physicians in 1766. They have also a bust, an engraving from which was done to ornament the certificates given by Dr. Hunter to his pupils.

II. The bust upon his monument in the Church of Hempstead in Essex, which bears strong resemblance to the portrait just mentioned.