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  • An alchemist in a long robe standing reading above an open chest of books which he has rifled through; a large vaulted hall surrounds him, littered with alchemical apparatus. Pen and pencil drawing by J. Nasmyth, 1854.
  • An alchemist in a long robe standing reading above an open chest of books which he has rifled through; a large vaulted hall surrounds him, littered with alchemical apparatus. Pen and pencil drawing by J. Nasmyth, 1854.
  • A chemical laboratory with four chemists; one looks into a furnace. Engraving.
  • An alchemist in a long robe standing reading above an open chest of books which he has rifled through; a large vaulted hall surrounds him, littered with alchemical apparatus. Pen and pencil drawing by J. Nasmyth, 1854.
  • A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.
  • Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas carrying out a chemical procedure. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • An alchemist with an assistant in his laboratory. Lithograph after D. Teniers the younger, 1650.
  • An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, c. 1770, after J. Steen.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • An alchemist in his untidy laboratory. Etching by L. Le Grand after T. Wyck.
  • An alchemist in his untidy laboratory. Etching by L. Le Grand after T. Wyck.
  • A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.
  • A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.
  • A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.
  • A chemical laboratory and a table of chemical relations. Engraving by Prévost after L.J. Goussier, 1763.
  • An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.
  • An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.
  • A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.
  • A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.
  • An alchemist at a furnace with a large 'receiver', with diagrams of alchemical apparatus. Woodcut, 1658.
  • The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A dwarf alchemist and his assistant standing by a crucible. Etching, 18th century.
  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • 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.
  • A dwarf alchemist and his assistant standing by a crucible. Etching, 18th century.
  • 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.
  • The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
  • A pharmaceutical business (John Bell & Co.): rooms for manufacture, dispensing, and shop. Etching by R.W. Macbeth.