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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Ancient alchemy Labs, 16th C


Alchemist's Laboratory (Khunrath)
'Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae' 
by Heinrich Khunrath, 1595

L'alchimiste (after) 1769
'L'Alchimiste'

Original painting by David Teniers (before 1690).
This version engraved by Jacques-Louis Pérée, 1769

Laboratory for metallurgy and the industrial arts 1765 (Canot, Wale)
'Laboratory for metallurgy and the industrial arts'
Original painting by Samuel Wale. This version engraved by Pierre-Charles Canot, 1765. The illustration appeared IN: 'Commercium Philosophico-Technicum' (The Philosophical Commerce of Arts) by William Lewis.

A Design for a General Laboratory 1822
'A Design for a General Laboratory'
Artist: Cornelius Varley; Engraver: AW Warren, 1822.
This illustration formed the frontispiece of the 10th Ed. of 
'The Chemical Catechism' by Samuel Parkes (about: 1860s/1870s).

The Dissolution, or The Alchymist producing an Aetherial Representation (Gilray)
'The Dissolution, or The Alchymist producing an Aetherial Representation'
Hand-coloured etching made by James Gillray, 1796, in reference 
to the dissolution of Parliament announced on 19 May.

Le Plaisir des Fous (18th cent.)
'Le Plaisir des Fous'
(The pleasure of fools)
Original painting by David Teniers (before 1690). This version engraved by Pierre-François Basan sometime in the 1700s. 
 

Le Chimiste (detail - 18th cent.) David Teniers
'Le Chimiste
De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans'
Original painting by David Teniers (before 1690). "Alembic and crucible sit on furnace in center of image; miscellaneous apparatus in foreground."



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