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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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Franz Karl Achard
- 1800
An oval bust-length portrait of the German chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753–1821).
- Artist Bollinger, Frederich Wilhelm
- Subject Achard, Franz Carl, 1753-1821
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D. Alexander Nicolaus Scherer
- 1800
An oval bust-length portrait of D. Alexander Nicolaus Scherer.
- Artist Nettling, F. W.
- Subject Sherer, Aleksandr Ivanovich, 1771-1824
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Art (of Art and Science pair)
- 1600s – 1800
Large workshop with many sculpted busts and figures. At left in front of window, a well-dressed seated man at table with open book. Celestial globe in center, and to right a seated man painting at easel holds pallet and…
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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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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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Plate V: The Modern Chemical Apparatus. No.5
- 1800-Dec-22
Hand-colored engraving by J. Pass after the drawing by Henry Lascelles for the section on "Chemistry." From Volume 4 of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,…
- Artist Lascelles, Henry
- Engraver Paas, John, 1790-1832
- Publisher Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
- Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
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Plate III: The Modern Chemical Apparatus. No.3
- 1800-Dec-01
Hand-colored engraving by J. Pass after the drawing by Henry Lascelles for the section on "Chemistry." From Volume 4 of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,…
- Artist Lascelles, Henry
- Engraver Paas, John, 1790-1832
- Publisher Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
- Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
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Plate II: The Modern Chemical Apparatus. No.2
- 1800-Nov-20
Hand-colored engraving by J. Pass after the drawing by Henry Lascelles for the section on "Chemistry." From Volume 4 of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,…
- Artist Lascelles, Henry
- Engraver Paas, John, 1790-1832
- Publisher Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
- Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
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Plate I: The Modern Chemical Apparatus. No.1
- 1800-Nov-15
Hand-colored engraving by J. Pass after the drawing by Henry Lascelles for the section on "Chemistry." From Volume 4 of the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,…
- Artist Lascelles, Henry
- Engraver Paas, John, 1790-1832
- Publisher Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex
- Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
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Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining the State of the Arts, the Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain, Vol. 2
- containing mineralogical descriptions of the country round Newcastle ; of the mountains of Derbyshire ; of the environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews ; of Inverary, and other parts of Argyleshire ; and of the cave of Fingal.
- 1799
Volume two of the first English translation of a work by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). The original French, Voyage en Angleterre, en Écosse, et aux Îles Hébrides was published two years prior, in…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Geology, Science--Study and teaching, Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works
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Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining the State of the Arts, the Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain, Vol. 1
- Containing Mineralogical Descriptions of the Country Round Newcastle; of the Mountains of Derbyshire; of the Environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews; of Inverary, and Other Parts of Argyleshire; and of the Cave of Fingal. In Two Volumes With Plates/Translated From the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond
- 1799
This book is volume 1 of 2 the first English translation of two books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819), done in 1799, two years after the original French was published. In 1784 de-St.-Fond…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--Hebrides, Geology, Islands, Science--Study and teaching, Scotland--Glasgow, Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1734-1816, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
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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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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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Section of Strata to the Low Main Coal at St. Anthon's Colliery
- Containing Mineralogical Descriptions of the Country Round Newcastle; of the Mountains of Derbyshire; of the Environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews; of Inverary, and Other Parts of Argyleshire; and of the Cave of Fingal. In Two Volumes With Plates/Translated From the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond.
- 1799
This plate depicts a section of the strata to the low main coal at St. Anthon's Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. The left-hand side of the graph shows a ruler denoting the different layers on a scale of fathoms. A…
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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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Iron stone and ligusticum scoticum
- 1799
This plate is of two botanical samples found by Faujas de-St.-Fond (1741-1819) during his travels. On page 190 de-St.-Fond says of the Iron ore pictures, "This species of iron is obtained in great abundance from a…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Artist Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Geology, Science--Study and teaching, Coal trade, Licorice-root
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Inside of the Cottage of Mac Nab, a Blacksmith at Dalmally Who Possesses Some Fragments of the Poetry of Ossian
- 1799
This plate depicts the workshop of Mac Nab, a man Faujas de-St.-Fond (1741-1819) came across in his travels across Scotland. It shows Mac Nab presenting de-St.-Fond and his fellow travelers with a "large buckler, of a…
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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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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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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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A Translation of the Table of Chemical Nomenclature, Proposed by De Guyton, formerly De Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and De Fourcroy
- With Explanations, Additions, and Alterations : to Which are Subjoined, Tables of Single Elective Attraction, Tables of Chemical Symbols, Tables of the Precise Forces of Chemical Attractions, and Schemes and Explanations of Cases of Single and Double Elective Attractions
- 1799
One of the first English chemists to adopt Antoine Lavoisier’s (1743-1794) new system of chemistry, George Pearson (1751–1828), published a shorter and very incomplete translation of the Nomenclature in 1794. The…
- Publisher Cooper and Wilson
- Author Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809
- Contributor Pearson, George, 1751-1828
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809, Hassenfratz, J. H. (Jean-Henri), 1755-1827, Adet, Pierre-Auguste, 1763-1832, Pearson, George, 1751-1828
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Francis Lord Bacon, Viscount St. Albans
- 1798
An oval bust-length portrait of Francis Lord Bacon (1561–1626), the English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, author, and scientist. Beneath is a rectangular image of a man seated on the left and standing figures on the…
- Artist Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823
- Publisher Willers, J.
- Subject Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
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Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 2
- Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 2
- 1797
This book is volume 2 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Jansen, H. J.
- Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Voyages and travels, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
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Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 1
- Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 1
- 1797
This book is volume 1 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Jansen, H. J.
- Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, Botany, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Voyages and travels, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1819, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave