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Plate 9: Shell Fish (Series 3)
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Shells, Shellfish, Oysters, Mussels
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Plate 8: Shell Fish (Series 2)
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Shells, Shellfish
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Plate 7: Shell Fish (Series 1)
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Shells, Shellfish
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Plate 6: Serpents, Lizards, and Tortoises
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Animals, Natural history, Snakes, Lizards, Turtles, Frogs, Toads, Reptiles
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Plate 5: Naked Insects
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Snails, Starfishes, Sea creatures
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Plate 4: Winged Insects (Series 2)
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Insects, Butterflies, Moths, Bees
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Plate 1: Animalcules [Microscopic organisms]
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Animalcules, Microorganisms
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Plate 2: Insects Without Wings
- 1752
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Natural history, Insects, Crabs, Worms
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An history of animals: containing descriptions of the birds, beasts, fishes, and insects, of the several parts of the world
- 1752
First edition of the third and final volume of John Hill's three-volume set entitled A General Natural History. This volume, which focuses on animals, is considered Hill's primary contribution to zoology and includes a…
- Author Hill, John, 1714?-1775
- Engraver Cole, B.
- Subject Rare books, Scientific illustration, Zoology, Animals, Natural history, Shells, Birds, Fishes
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Astronomie
- 1767
Plate illustrates the moon's craters (figure 20), an armillary sphere (figure 21), celestial positioning (figures 19, 22-24, 26) and a comet (figure 25). This plate comes from the "Astronomie" section of Volume 5 of…
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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 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 Grimoire d'Hypocrate
- The Hippocratic Grimoire
- 1740 – 1790
An engraving by F. Basan, after the painting by David Teniers II. The inscription below this work, Le Grimoire d'Hypocrate, refers to Hippocrates, a Greek physician often called the father of medicine in Western…
- After Teniers II, David
- Artist Basan, François, 1723-1797
- Subject 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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The Laboratory
- 1755
Engraved by Thomas Major after a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II, this print shows a young alchemist in a cap and apron working a pair of bellows before an open hearth. Distillation vessels, open books,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Major, Thomas, 1720-1799
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Le bien, la pauvreté, l'âge mûr, la jeunesse. Qui fait ou l'infortune ou la félicité.
- Goodness, poverty, middle age, youth. Who makes of it misfortune or happiness.
- 1760 – 1800
This etching by Francesco Pedro, for Nicollo Cavalli of Venice, reproduces a painting by Francesco Maggiotto. The scene shows four individuals in a humble workroom, gathered around a brazier full of coals. The central…
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Le Docteur Alchimiste (The Alchemical Doctor)
- 1740 – 1790
This engraving by J. Tardieu reproduces a painting of the same subject by David Teniers II. An older man with a lined, wizened face sits in a chair before a table, intently reading an open book. Before him sits a globe,…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Tardieu, Jacques Nicolas, 1716-1791
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Bleeding bowl
- 1752
Bowls like this one were used to catch the blood released by bleeding. The appearance of blood was a useful diagnostic tool for physicians, who examined it for clues about the body's internal state. This large bowl was…
- Subject Medicine, Bloodletting, Blood, Phlebotomy
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A Blacksmith's Shop
- 1771-Aug-25
The glow of heated metal on the anvil and the distant light of the moon are placed into dramatic parallel in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright's use of deep shadow and chiaroscuro light…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
- Publisher Boydell, John, 1720-1804
- Subject Blacksmithing, Forge shops, Forge shops in art
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
- 1768-May-20
Wonder, curiosity, and deep thought: the audience in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, models a range of possible responses to science. At center, a brass orrery--a device used to model the…