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Images about Alchemists

214 images from works
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after David Ryckaert III.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Pieter Bruegel.
  • An alchemist in a short orange gown blowing bellows into a still with an alembic. Pastel drawing.
  • A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.
  • An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint by H. Dawe after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Interior with an alchemist. Oil painting by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck).
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting by or after David Teniers II (?).
  • An elderly alchemist seated in an armchair in his study, conducting an experiment. Drawing.
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Works from the collections

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    An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

    Frank Howard | Reference: 36278i
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    An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.

    James Nasmyth | Reference: 47333i
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    An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

    | Date: 1698 | Reference: 36157i
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    An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.

    David Teniers the Younger | Reference: 45084i
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    M0018151: A young man blowing a bellows while an alchemist watches, engraving

    | Date: August 1960 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/161/65
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Related topics

Alchemy
Chemical apparatus
Laboratories
Experiments
Fires
Furnaces
Alchemy - History
Chemistry - History
Learning and scholarship
Reading

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