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  • An alchemist of the 'puffer' (uninitiated) type, surrounded by equipment. Engraving by W. French after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • An infant blowing bellows into a furnace; allegory of the role of N. Lefevre in chemistry. Etching (portrait) after R.M. Pariset, and etching (border) by J-G. Blanchon after himself.
  • An alchemist copying a text, surrounded by apparatus, attended by his dog. Wood engraving.
  • A pharmaceutical business (John Bell & Co.): rooms for manufacture, dispensing, and shop. Etching by R.W. Macbeth.
  • Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
  • An alchemist using bellows at a furnace in his laboratory. Etching by T. Major, 1750, after D. Teniers the younger.