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Page 109, printed as page 190
- 1709
This page is from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom, published in 1709. This page is notable due to the existence of a typo in…
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Model of a floor
- 1709
This plate from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom. It depicts a floor plan Samuel Sorbière (1615-1670) saw during his visit to…
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Introduction to M. Samuel Sorbière's letter to King Louis XIV
- 1709
This page introduces a letter written to King Louis XIV (1638-1715), published in A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom. It was…
- Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
- Printer Woodard, J.
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Letter
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Memoirs for the Life of M. Samuel Sorbiere
- 1709
This page introduces the section of A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom that contains a memoir of the life of Monsieur Samuel…
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Title page of A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom
- 1709
This title page from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom works as a combined title page and index, laying out the order of the…
- Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
- Printer Woodard, J.
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching
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A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom
- Observations on Mons. de Sorbière's Voyage into England
- As Also, Observations on the Same Voyage, by Dr. Thomas Sprat, Lord Bishop of Rochester. With a Letter of Monsieur Sorbière's, Concerning the War Between England and Holland in 1652: to All Which is Prefix'd His Life Writ by M. Graverol. Done into English From the French Original
- 1709
This book is an English translation of the French original, written in 1664. Written after Monsieur Sorbière (1615-1670) spent three months in 1663 in England, this book details his thoughts on several different topics.…
- Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
- Printer Woodard, J.
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Letter
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A Visit to the Doctor
- 1700s
In the center of a large room, a surgeon in a red cap and apron kneels to apply a leech to the foot of his bearded patient. Scenes of bloodletting and leechcraft are common in such images of doctors' surgeries. The…
- Manner Of Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Alchemists, Leeches, Teniers, David, 1610-1690
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The Village Doctor
- 1700s
In this small copy of a larger painting by David Teniers II (artist unknown), a bearded physician examines a flask of urine as his patient, a middle-aged woman, looks on thoughtfully. Before him is an open book, likely…
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An Alchemist at Work
- 1700s
Seated in a disorderly and rustic workshop, an alchemist examines a flask while scratching his head, deep in thought. Scattered about the floor are books, vessels, and a dog which has curled up in a pile of straw. More…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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An Alchemist's Laboratory
- 1700s
A bearded alchemist sits in the midst of a bustling workshop, tending a small brazier of coals with a hand-bellows. Objects for metalworking- including an anvil, crucible, furnace and hammer- are joined by vessels for…
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The Alchemist
- 1700s
A bearded, seated alchemist, wearing glasses and bright red shirt, bends over an open book on a desk stacked high with a mess of papers and glassware. The trail of books continues to the ground with broken and unbroken…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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The Medical Alchemist
- 1700s
A physician wearing the traditional physician's cap conducts a urinoscopy on the flask he holds. A woman is seated beside him, waiting for the results. In the foreground the alchemist's assistant is tending to a furnace…
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The Iatrochemist
- 1700s – 1900
In a large stone chamber, a young woman in a blue skirt leans close to study a flask held by an elderly, bearded iatrochemist. He rests against a table covered with an embroidered carpet, topped with other glass vessels…
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Alchemist with Monkey
- 1600 – 1800
The labors of an elderly alchemist are closely watched by a monkey which perches on the window above. The alchemist busies himself investigating samples wrapped in paper or notes in a cluttered workshop. The floor at…
- Manner Of Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Animals in art, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le Philosophe en Contemplation (The Philosopher in Contemplation)
- 1700s
This etching, by the Italian engraver and etcher Giuseppe [Joseph] Longhi, reproduces a work by the Dutch master of chiaroscuro, Rembrandt van Rijn. The original painting traveled to France in the 18th century and…
- After Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
- Creator Of Work Longhi, Giuseppe, 1766-1831
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Philosophers
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A man filling wet drug jars in an apothecary shop
- Circa 1650 – 1800
In the apothecary's workshop a man pours liquid from a jar into blue earthenware vessels. He is surrounded by copper bowls, jars, and sacks of endive and other herbs and vegetables likely used for medical preparations…
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Argenti excoctio
- Schmelts-und Lauferung des Silbers
- Circa 1700 – 1781
Men feed wood into furnaces and stoke flames in this spacious laboratory, populated with large masonry furnaces for the smelting and working of metals. This scene also contains a list of alchemical elements in Latin.…
- Engraver Lichtensteger, Georg, 1700-1781
- Subject Metals--Hot working, Alchemy, Silverwork, Smelting
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The Alchemist in His Workshop
- After 1600 – before 1800
This lively and richly decorated chamber presents an alchemist's workshop which is busy, productive, and filled with customers and assistants. At center, the alchemist himself--dressed in a fine satin coat with slash…
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The Alchemist's Studio
- After 1600 – before 1800
This painting depicts a bustling and prosperous workshop showing a range of alchemical activities, from metallurgical work--such as the heating of a small crucible at lower left--to medical practices, demonstrated by…
- Artist Thomas, Gérard, 1663-1720
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Thomas, Gérard, 1663-1720, Vanitas (Art)
