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Rejuvenation

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  • Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.
  • Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.
  • Aeson is rejuvenated by having his blood replaced by magic juices in a boiling vat; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs after Salomon Trismosin.
  • The fountain of youth. Woodcut by H. Beham, ca. 1536.
  • Old men and women activating and going through a rejuvenating machine. Engraving, 17--.
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    Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

    Boilard, active approximately 1720. | Reference: 20262i
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    Faust transformed into a young man by a magic potion supplied by a witch at the behest of Mephistopheles. Coloured etching.

    Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 46994i
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    Aeson is rejuvenated by having his blood replaced by magic juices in a boiling vat; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs after Salomon Trismosin.

    Ibbs, Edith A. | Date: 1900-1909 | Reference: 38811i
    Part of: Splendor solis
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    Overbeck's rejuvenator, supreme model : directions for use / manufactured and distributed by Overbeck's Rejuvenator Ltd.

    | Date: 1938
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    A barber in Rouen dressing a man's hair. Coloured engraving by G.R. Lewis after himself.

    Lewis, George Robert, 1782-1871. | Date: May 1st 1821 | Reference: 29909i
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