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  • Chemistry: various alchemical symbols. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.
  • Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.
  • Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.
  • Chemistry: a chemical laboratory with many workers (above), symbols of elements arranged in a proto-periodic table (?) (below). Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • A chemist, surrounded by symbols and instruments of chemistry, advertising Richard Siddall, chemist in London. Etching by R. Clee, ca. 1750, after J. de Lajoue, ca. 1735.
  • A chemist, surrounded by symbols and instruments of chemistry, advertising Richard Siddall, chemist in London. Etching by R. Clee, ca. 1750, after J. de Lajoue, ca. 1735.
  • A chemist, surrounded by symbols and instruments of chemistry, advertising Richard Siddall, chemist in London. Etching by R. Clee, ca. 1750, after J. de Lajoue, ca. 1735.
  • The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A prince, clad in gold, succeeds the King; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Basil Valentine contemplates a chemical jar containing homunculi of a man and woman holding hands, and a child emanating from them (alchemical symbol of conception); he is suddenly visited by Sabine Stuart de Chevalier, who reveals that she has the key to his works and crowns him as the king of alchemists. Etching by J. Le Roy, ca. 1781, after Hostoul after Sabine Stuart de Chevalier.