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Plate X: 1. New Steelyards for weighing Gasses. 2. Apparatus for the Combustion of the Diamond.
- 1801-Mar-02
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 IX: 1. New Gazometer of the Philosophical Society of London. 2 to 4. DeVigne's Apparatus for saturating Water with Gas. 5 and 6. Apparatus for freezing Mercury.
- 1801-Mar-09
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 VIII: 1. Machine for the Combustion of Phosphorus. 2 to 6. The Mercurial Gazometer. 7. Guyton's Eudiometer.
- 1801-Feb-10
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 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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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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A Design for a General Laboratory
- 1822
This engraving by Alfred William Warren is based on a painting by English watercolor specialist Cornelius Varley. The engraving depicts a design for a general scientific laboratory, with the apparatus numbered.
- After Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873
- Engraver Warren, A. W. (Alfred William)
- Subject Laboratories
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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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The Village Chemist
- 1760
A seated man with red furred cap writing at table covered with red carpet; a window at left; before him at extreme left a skull on a book. At right a large copper bowl, globe, chair and apparatus. Mid painting in middle…
- Artist Juncker, Justus, 1703-1767
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Juncker, Justus, 1703-1767
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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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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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The Alchemist and His Wife
- Circa 1928
When Chester Fisher commissioned this copy of a painting by David Ryckaert III (1612-1661), in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, it was long assumed that the painting depicted the famous Nicolas…
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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 Alchemist
- 1600s
This scene depicts tools and materials used both in alchemy and in art—most notably the large écorché figure placed on the alchemist's table, which was used by artists and students of human anatomy. A human skull,…
- Artist Helmont, Mattheus van
- Subject Urine--Analysis, Alchemists, Metal-work, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Alchemist
- 1884
In a stone chamber, an alchemist holds aloft a small vial to examine it against a beam of light from above. Plainly dressed in a brown robe, he stands before a table stacked with glassware, scales, and an open book. On…
- Artist O'Neill, Charles, 1821-1893
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, O'Neill, Charles, 1821-1893
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Alchemist seated in his laboratory
- Circa 1887 – circa 1963
The alchemist sits, stirring the contents of a crucible, as he carefully watches the progress of a distillation experiment. He is surrounded by alchemical apparatus, glassware, and open books. An hourglass at his side…
- Artist Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963
- Subject Alchemists, Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963, Alchemy in art, Alchemy
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John Dee
- 1827
This portrait of the famed alchemist John Dee (1527-1609) shows a bearded, elderly man attired in the fashion of the Elizabethan court, complete with a sober scholar's cap and a starched collar ruff. It closely…
- Publisher Hunt and Clarke
- Subject Alchemists, Dee, John, 1527-1608, Portraits
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Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz
- 1718
This engraving shows the bust of Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz (1660–1741), an apothecary from Germany who later came to England to assist Sir Robert Boyle; here he is surrounded by his apparatus. At the left are the…
- After Schmutz, Johann Rudolf, 1670-1715
- Engraver Vertue, George, 1684-1756
- Subject Godfrey, Ambrose, -1741, Alchemy
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Malmantile Racquistato
- The Reconquered Malmantile
- 1731
This image appeared as the frontispiece to Lorenzo Lippi's posthumously published comic-heroic poem, "Il Malmantile Racquistato." The work was first released in 1676 under the pseudonym "Perlone Zipoli," an anagram of…
- After Lippi, Lorenzo, 1606-1665
- Engraver Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788
- Subject Literature in art, Medicine and art, Theater in art, Poetry
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La Consultation Appréhendée
- Circa 1760 – 1786
This print, engraved by Jean Jacques Le Veau after a painting by Marie-Marc-Antoine Bilcoq, shows a bearded alchemist examining a flask in the warm light of an unseen window. In a humble chamber behind a wooden…
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The Chymist [Chemist]
- 1750
This print, engraved by Thomas Major and dedicated to his patron, the royal physician Richard Mead, reproduces a painting by David Teniers II. This copy of the print has been hand-colored. An elderly, finely-dressed…
- After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
- Engraver Major, Thomas, 1720-1799
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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The Dutch Chymist [Chemist]
- Circa 1719 – 1804
This engraving, by John Boydell, reproduces a lively scene of alchemists at work, after the painting "The Village Alchemist" by Jan Steen (early 1660s) in the Wallace Collection in London. Two men crowd around a third,…
- After Steen, Jan, 1626-1679
- Engraver Boydell, John, 1720-1804
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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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