M0017570: An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold, aquatint

Aquatint after T. Rowlandson showing an alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Related images: V0025593, L0004353

September 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 37574i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.