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The Chymist [Chemist]

  • 1752

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A bearded alchemist squints closely at his experiment as he tends a small fire with a pair of hand-bellows. Beside him, his young assistant looks on. This busy and productive workroom also houses a pair of assistants who work with mortar and pestle at a table to the rear of the room. Glass distillation vessels, flasks, and books lie scattered on the floor, and a print has been pinned against the far wall, close to a suspended taxidermied fish specimen hung above.

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  • 25.4 cm H x 35.6 cm W
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Boydell, John. “The Chymist [Chemist].” Wove paper, watercolor (paint), overglaze (material), paper (fiber product), 1752. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/df65v8309.

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