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  • Mercury [Hermes] as god of trade presenting the continents to Britannia. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Mercury flying off with the head of Argus whose decapitated body lies on the ground. Red chalk drawing.
  • Processing of mercury. Etching.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Wood engraving by Jonnard after W.B. Richmond, 1866.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving by G. Balestra after I. Podio after B. Thorwaldsen.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • Memoria sobre el modo de hacer y administrar el subnitrate de mercurio, o pildora de Ugarte / escrita por José Antonio Bernal Muñoz ... Impresa el año de 1829.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Christ, with a sword in his mouth, between seven candlesticks; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 1772/3.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • Mirrors: a work table and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
  • Isaac Swainson promoting his 'Velnos syrup', facing an onslaught of rival practitioners advocating mercury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1789.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Processing of mercury. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A woman in bed: her hand is held by a standing woman (possibly Juno as protectress of women and childbirth) with Mercury in the background, a man (Argos?) leading a cow, and a snake on the ground. Line engraving, 17--.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving by Cook, 1789, after G. Volpato and R. Morghen.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.