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Science - History - 19th century

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  • Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.
  • A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, 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.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.
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    Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

    Bruyères, Hippolyte. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 27623i
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    Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.

    Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831. | Date: 22 October 1803 | Reference: 25669i
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    An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

    M'Quin, A. D. (Ange Denis), 1756-1823. | Date: January 1820 | Reference: 25681i
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    Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.

    Jorand, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1788-1850. | Date: 1835 | Reference: 25985i
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    Three fairies in a garden looking at the plants; representing botany. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman after R. Corbould.

    Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831. | Reference: 25670i
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