An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.

Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars.

A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.

A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.

2 jars containing powder : glass and pulverised paper

1 print : engraving with etching ; platemark 18.4 x 31.4 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 76 x 50 cm

A man in a white coat carrying heavy glass jars in a metal holder. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 18.4 x 31.4 cm

A large chemical laboratory filled with apparatus and types of glass vessel. Engraving, 1778.

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Glass containers

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A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.

Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars.

A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.

A man in a white coat carrying heavy glass jars in a metal holder. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

A large chemical laboratory filled with apparatus and types of glass vessel. Engraving, 1778.

Glass containers

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Works from the collections

A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.

Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars.

A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.

A man in a white coat carrying heavy glass jars in a metal holder. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

A large chemical laboratory filled with apparatus and types of glass vessel. Engraving, 1778.

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