M0003615: Alchemist at work and Michael Faraday in his chemical laboratory

Date:: 18 September 1933

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/29/84

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        M0003615: Alchemist at work and Michael Faraday in his chemical laboratoryWT/D/1/20/1/29/84

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Faraday at work;alchemist at work in the Middle Ages.

Description

Photograph of a print publication of two illustrations. The top illustration shows an alchemist at work in the middle ages, and the bottom shows Michael Faraday (1791-1867) at work in his chemical laboratory at the Royal Institute.

Publication/Creation

18 September 1933

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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