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A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a scientist of the new school of chemistry, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
Lettering: Chemistry. R. Corbould del. J. Chapman sc.
Creator
- Richard Corbould
- Richard Corbould
Subject
- J. CHAPMAN
- R. CORBOULD
- EXPERIMENTS
Type of item
- Allegorical prints
Creator
- Richard Corbould
- Richard Corbould
Subject
- J. CHAPMAN
- R. CORBOULD
- EXPERIMENTS
Type of item
- Allegorical prints
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Creation date
- 1805
- 1805
Source
- V0025590
Identifier
- V0025590
- b1195198
- ICV No 26038
- fkhbxkk5
Year
- 1805
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:24:13.056Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:24:13.056Z