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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the…
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Total immersion mercury thermometer
- 1800s
A: Bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. Thermometer has Celsius scale with 20-30 degree range with major divisions every 1 degree and minor divisions every 0.1 degree.
B: Protective…
- Subject Temperature measurements, Thermometers
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The School Master
- The Quill Cutter
- 1800 – 1899
In this copy after Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) popular "The School Master" composition (artist unknown), the old man at the window niche sharpens his pen while his pupils are busy at work in the…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Art, Dutch
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The Dentist and his Patient
- 1800 – 1899
This small painting on metal is a copy of Gerrit Dou's (also known as Gerrit Douw or Dow) [artist unknown] popular dentist scene in Dresden. Through the illusionistic frame of a large window, we see a dentist in a red…
- After Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675
- Subject Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675, Dentistry, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Teeth--Extraction
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The Alchemist
- 1800s
A bearded man reading a book is standing in a great vaulted interior. A large window illuminates the room with warm daylight, reflecting against the glassware sparsely placed on upper shelves. At right, a long-necked…
- Artist Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Alchemist
- 1800 – 1899
A man dressed in peasant garb holds a gold scale in right hand and reaches with left for red substance in open paper packet. At left through window are building roofs; the light illuminates a dark, cluttered workshop…
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Mercury thermometer
- 1800s
A: Bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. Thermometer has Celsius scale with 0-100 degree range.
B: Protective cardboard tube for the thermometer (not digitized).
Partial immersion…
- Subject Temperature measurements, Thermometers
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Jean Henri van Swinden demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society
- 1800s
This engraving shows Dutch mathematician and physicist Jean Henri van Swinden (1746–1823) demonstrating the generation of electricity to the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam. The Felix Meritis Society was founded in…
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Hydrophobia
- 1800s
Originally published in Vanity Fair on January 8, 1887, this chromolithograph depicts Louis Pasteur holding two white rabbits.
- Artist Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907
- Printer Of Plates Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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Can of Langlebert's Psyllium Seeds
- 1800s
Gold painted metal can and lid both with extensive dark blue lettering and decoration.The main label reads "LANGLEBERT'S PSYLLIUM SEEDS." The can is full of small brown psyllium seeds, a source of soluble dietary fiber.
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An Apothecary Shop
- 1800s
An alchemist takes the pulse of an elegant female patient, inside a cavernous chamber decorated with fine paintings and luxurious furnishings. Above the mantle hangs a painted hunting scene which resembles the work of…
- Attributed To Heemskerck II, Egbert van
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Symbolism in art
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Alchemist with Scale
- 1800s
A bearded alchemist wearing a fur-trimmed top coat and cap is carefully weighing ingredients with a balance. On top of his table is an exotic carpet covered with papers, a copper pitcher, and ceramic jar. Resting on a…
- Artist Weiland, Johannes
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemists in art
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Alchemist at work (with book resting on skull)
- 1800 – 1899
In this small copy in the style of David Teniers II (artist unknown), an elderly, bearded alchemist closely reads an open book with an expression of absorbed contemplation. He is seated at his desk beside a skull and…
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L'Alchymiste en Méditation
- The Alchemist in Meditation
- Circa 1777 – 1864
An alchemist in scholar's clothes sits in contemplation at his desk, bent over an open text with quill in hand. His workroom is cluttered with texts and earthenware vessels, a large globe, trunks and barrels. At right,…
- After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Artist Gianni
- Engraver Texier, André Louis Victor, 1777-1864
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Paracelse
- After 1800 – before 1840
This profile portrait claims to provide a likeness of Paracelsus, the famed Swiss-German physician, botanist, and alchemist. A champion of chemical medicines, Paracelsus criticized established medical institutions for…
- Artist Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841
- Subject Alchemists, Paracelsus, 1493-1541
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La Femme Hydropique
- The Dropsical Woman
- After 1800 – before 1821
This engraving, by the French printmaker Jean Baptiste Fosseyeux, reproduces an original painting by Gerrit Dou. The work, titled "The Dropsical Woman," shows a young but finely-robed doctor examining the urine of a…
- After Dou, Gerard
- Artist Fosseyeux, Jean Baptiste, Gianni, Felice
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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View of Stonehenge and ground plans by Wood, Jones, Smith, and Stukeley
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view of Stonehenge and several ground plans meant to convey speculative representations of the original arrangement of Stonehenge as it once was, rather than…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, England--Stonehenge
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View and Plan of an Ancient Monument on the Top of Sliabh Guth Commonly Called Church Mountain near Donard in the County of Wicklow
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view and plan of Church Mountain, also called Sliabh Guth or Slieve Gad, meaning "mountain of the covenant." The westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Natural history, Maps, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Wicklow Mountains, Cairns
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The Isles of Zetland [Showing] its Extent and Division into Parishes
- 1806
Map of Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland situated in the Northern Atlantic between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Scotland--Shetland
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The Harp of Brien Boromh and the Irish Crown
- 1806
Engraving depicting the harp of Brien Boromh [Brian Boroimhe] and the Irish Crown. Also known as Brian Boru's harp or the Trinity College harp, the harp dates from the 14th or 15th century and, along with the Queen…
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The Charter Horn
- 1806
Engraving depicting the Kavanagh Charter Horn, a ceremonial drinking vessel associated with the Caomhnách kings who ruled the Irish kingdom of Leinster. Fashioned out of ivory and brass gilt, the horn dates from the…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Leinster, Horns, Archaeology
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Saxon inscriptions at Aldborough and Kirkdale
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting Saxon inscriptions located in the villages of Aldborough (top) and Kirkdale (bottom) in North Yorkshire, England. The Aldborough inscription, which appears on a…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Kirkdale, Inscriptions, English (Old), England--Aldborough (North Yorkshire), Church buildings
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Saxon England According to the Saxon Chronicle
- 1806
Map of Saxon England based upon descriptions in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands, Anglo-Saxon chronicle
