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Alchemists

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  • 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.
  • M0011052: An alchemist in his laboratory
  • An alchemist in a short orange gown blowing bellows into a still with an alembic. Pastel drawing.
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Catalogue

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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.

    Howard, Frank, 1805-1866. | Reference: 36278i
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    An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

    | Date: 1698 | Reference: 36157i
    • Books

    Medicine and magic in Elizabethan London : Simon Forman - astrologer, alchemist, and physician / Lauren Kassell.

    Kassell, Lauren. | Date: 2005
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    An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after D. Teniers II.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 45088i
    • Archives and manuscripts
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    M0005194: An alchemist at a workbench

    | Date: 22 May 1937 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/42/31
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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