A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

    • Ibbs, Edith A.
    Date:
    1900-1909
    Reference:
    38738i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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