English astrologer, occultist and herbalist

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Simon Forman. Line engraving by R. Godfrey, 1776, after J. Bulfinch.

Simon Forman, astrologer. Oil painting after J. Bulfinch, ca. 1900.

Simon Forman. Line engraving, 1793.

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

Simon Forman : sex and society in Shakespeare's age / A.L. Rowse.

Casebooks : work towards an exhibition at Ambika P3 / Natalie Kaoukji, Lauren Kassell and Michael Mazière.

The notorious astrological physician of London : works and days of Simon Forman / Barbara Howard Traister.

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Simon Forman

Images from the collections

Images featuring Simon Forman

Works from the collections

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

Simon Forman, astrologer. Oil painting after J. Bulfinch, ca. 1900.

Simon Forman : sex and society in Shakespeare's age / A.L. Rowse.

Casebooks : work towards an exhibition at Ambika P3 / Natalie Kaoukji, Lauren Kassell and Michael Mazière.

The notorious astrological physician of London : works and days of Simon Forman / Barbara Howard Traister.

Simon Forman

Images from the collections

Images featuring Simon Forman

Works from the collections

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

Simon Forman, astrologer. Oil painting after J. Bulfinch, ca. 1900.

Simon Forman : sex and society in Shakespeare's age / A.L. Rowse.

Casebooks : work towards an exhibition at Ambika P3 / Natalie Kaoukji, Lauren Kassell and Michael Mazière.

The notorious astrological physician of London : works and days of Simon Forman / Barbara Howard Traister.

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