A chemist creates a new form of gunpowder - incombustible; representing a futile new invention. Coloure lithograph by J.-B.-D. Bourdel, 1835.

  • Bourdel, Jean-Baptiste-Désiré, 1826-1859.
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[1835]
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16608i
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Les bigarrures de l'esprit humain
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The room includes chemical apparatus, a column of mercury (centre), a foetus in a jar (left), a salamander and a beetle (attached to back wall)

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Paris (Rue du Coq) : Hautecoeur Martinet, [1835] (Rue de Seine, S.G. no. 55 : Lith. de Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 15.2 x 19.3 cm.

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Ma fortune est faite! J'ai trouve une poudre à canon imperméable et incombustible. Les bigarrures de l'esprit humain. Bourdel ... Lettering continues: Ma fortune est faite! j'ai trouve une poudre à canon imperméable et incombustible

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Wellcome Collection 16608i

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