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An Alchemist at Work
- 1600s
A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books, straw, and apparatus are scattered on the floor. In the right background an assistant carries a…
- Artist van Helmont, Mattheus
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art, van Helmont, Mattheus
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An Alchemist and his assistant
- 1600s
Warm light from an open window at left falls on the seated figure of an alchemist and his standing assistant. The alchemist glances up from his writing, quill in hand, as his assistant carries in a small vessel. On the…
- Artist Heerschop, Hendrick
- Subject Alchemists, Heerschop, Hendrick, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Alchemists at work
- After 1620 – before 1690
The alchemist pauses in his work to glance over one shoulder at the distillation experiments in progress beside him. A multi-level furnace supports an alembic and receiver. A small text, perhaps a recipe collection or…
- Manner Of Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Teniers, David, 1610-1690, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Alchemist at work (with book resting on skull)
- After 1620 – before 1690
A studious, bearded alchemist in a red cap studies a book intently, one hand tracing the lines of text. Beside him, a brick furnace sits topped with glassware. A skull and hourglass rest on his table, reminding the…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Subject Teniers, David, 1610-1690, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Shannon Portrait of the Hon. Robert Boyle F. R. S. (1627-1691)
- 1689
Robert Boyle in long curled wig, white neck cravat and sleeves, black coat; seated facing right with head turned three quarters left, looking out; turning page of book with left hand and gesturing toward book with…
- Artist Kerseboom, Johann, -1708
- Subject Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
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The Alchemist's Experiment Takes Fire
- 1687
The alchemist's experiment has erupted in a sudden fire, with glass shattering in midair and smoke billowing upward. The alchemist is seated awkwardly in his chair with a startled expression on his face, having turned…
- Artist Heerschop, Hendrik
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Heerschop, Hendrik, Families in art
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The Scholar
- Circa 1640 – 1677
In the warm light of a left-hand window, a scholar sits absorbed in his work. His desk is topped with a wooden lectern, small vials and vessels, a globe, and an apothecary's jar with a red cloth lid. The room in which…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas
- Subject Apothecary jars, Globes, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Wijck, Thomas
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The Alchemist in his study with a woman making lace
- Circa 1640 – 1677
A dark study illuminated by single leaded glass window at left; in middle ground a seated man behind cluttered desk faces slightly left; open and closed books, papers, jars and jugs scattered on floor; at right a seated…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas
- Subject Lace and lace making, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Women in art
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An alchemist in his studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
The alchemist's workroom, cluttered with broken vessels and scattered papers, is lit with warm yellow light from the double window at left. Through a large archway we see the alchemist at work by his desk, studiously…
- Artist Wijck, Thomas, 1616-1677
- Subject Wijck, Thomas, 1616-1677, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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An Alchemist in His Studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
Holding a letter in his right hand, the alchemist glances to one side as if caught in contemplative thought. A large glass distillation apparatus—alembic, receiver, and cucurbit—is before him, shining with reflected…
- Artist Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Wyck, Thomas
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Alchemist in His Studio
- Circa 1640 – 1677
An alchemist reads a large book, seated in a cluttered laboratory with drapery-strewn arched ceilings. The scene is illuminated by the glow of daylight from an open window. His desk is piled high with open texts, folios…
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The Apothecary
- After 1635 – before
An apothecary in a fur-trimmed robe reads from a large book as his assistant looks on. Behind them, a dentist pulls a seated patient's tooth. A large celestial globe, distillation apparatus, and apothecary's jars…
- Manner Of Egbert van Heemskerk I
- Subject Alchemists, Pharmacists, Alchemy in art, Alchemy
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Rijcke-Armoede
- Rich poverty
- 1632
A painting in brunaille, a monochromatic image in tones of brown. This painting shows a seated alchemist in peasant garb. In his hands he holds a crucible and a pair of tongs, working before the light of a glowing fire…
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Roman glass round bottom vase
- 1 – 200
Translucent green, glass round-bottomed vase with heavy rainbow luster throughout. Base of the vase is round and then attaches to a vertical tube in the center, top of the tube has an ornamental curved design that…
- Subject Glass, Glassware, Roman, Glass blowing and working, Glassware
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Weston Galvanometer
- Undated
Rectangular wooden box; brown leather handle attached to top with metal fasteners; front has a steel lock screwed to it; lock is stamped with manufacturer; four hard black rubber feet on bottom; top attached with two…
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Variable Resistor
- Undated
Variable resistors are also known as potentiometers. Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable Resistor, Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Variable Capacitor
- Undated
Tall rectangular wooden base with black plastic instrument panel; instrument panel is attached to base via four metal screws, two on each side; two small black plastic knobs that adjust up and down as they are turned…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Variable capacitors, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Union Carbide's First Chemical Operation, Clendenin, West Virginia
- Undated
Landscape painting with architecture. A high eye-level view of a river valley from a hilltop, showing a small cluster of industrial buildings concentrated in the lower right. Post-Impressionistic style. Pencil marks…
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Unidentified Colored Powders
- Undated
Three rounded glass bottles with cork stoppers filled with unidentified colored powders in green, purple, and orange. One bottle of sulphanthrene pink F.F., a fast-vat dye manufactured by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours &…
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Tourmaline
- Undated
Boron (atomic symbol B), a naturally occuring Earth element, was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard in 1808. Tourmaline is a boron silicate. Opaque and black in…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Tourmaline
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Thio Indigo Red Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over); bottle is half full with original dye.
- Subject Dye industry, Textile industry, Dyes and dyeing
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Thio Indigo Red Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over); bottle is half full with original dye.
- Subject Dye industry, Textile industry, Dyes and dyeing
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