M0006967: Alchemist in search of the Philosophers Stone

Date:
15 May 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/59/62
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M0006967: Alchemist in search of the Philosophers Stone. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Alchemist in search of the Philosophers Stone.

Description

Photograph of an oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby titled 'The Alchemist' depicting an alchemist in search of the Philosophers Stone discovering phosphorus, c.1771. This reproduction was taken from a publication published by J.S. Virtue, London, but the original painting is held by the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28th April 1936 (PHO 7947).

Publication/Creation

15 May 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:PHO 7947.

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 2020.

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