M0006966: A young alchemist working bellows at a furnace

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by

Photograph of an etching by Thomas Major, after David Teniers the younger, of a young alchemist working a bellows at his furnace, with lettering in french, c.1755. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 10th March 1936 (PHO 7601). Related images: V0025546, V0025993.

15 May 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 36032i. Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:PHO 7601.

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 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.