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Alchemy and Hidden Wisdom

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Woodcut: a skeleton raises a spear toward an elderly figure propped on pillows in a wooden chair, with a sprig of branches above.A Sick Old Woman as a Skeleton Aims a Spear at Her EyesBlack and white woodcut: winged Fame blows a trumpet above a banner, while a man and dog ride a sleigh pulled by giant lobsters over reeds.Fame Blows Her Trumpet: Man and Dog on a Sleigh Drawn by LobstersWoodcut of a skeleton holding an hourglass beside a seated elderly man in a fur-trimmed robe who looks downward, with a bare tree behind.Elderly Man Confronted by a Skeleton with an HourglassEtching of a nude figure on a block attacked by four labeled allegories; Justice enthroned in clouds above.Innocentia: allegory of innocence attacked, etching by Christoph MurerEngraved oval emblem of a nude woman holding a flower sprig and a small object, with radiating lines behind her and the label 37 Beauty.Beauty: nude woman with flower and mirror, emblem 37Dim stone interior with a large chimney hood, glass flasks by a leaded window, and a seated figure in shadow beside a spoked wheel on a tiled floor.An Alchemist, oil painting by Eugène Lomont, 1890Hand-coloured lithograph with an astrologer at a telescope in a study, a crowd in a street, warships firing at sea, and a banner of text.Astrologer, mob, sea battle and apocalyptic scenes, coloured lithographColoured print of a bearded old man in a red cap working bellows at a brick furnace in a dim workshop with flasks on shelves.An Alchemist at His Furnace with BellowsBlack-and-white engraved alchemy diagram with an eagle, lion, cube, two circular symbol diagrams, and a laboratory scene with figures and furnaces.Alchemical diagram of the art of alchemy, engraving by Raphael Custos, 1616Engraving of four bearded philosophers behind a balustrade with scrolls, above small figures working at a furnace in a checkered room, within a foliate border.Alchemical engraving with four bearded philosophers and banderolesBlack and white engraved frontispiece showing bearded men above with scrolls, and two figures at a laboratory table below, framed by a floral border.Engraved frontispiece with alchemists and banderole scrolls, Theatrum chemicum BritannicumEngraving of a 17th-century pharmacy with shelves of jars, a central worker at a table of flasks, and two robed figures flanking the scene.Pharmacy interior with apothecary figures, engraved frontispiece, 1652Watercolour of a winged woman in a red dress with a star halo before a golden glow, with dragon-like creatures below and a small figure on a cloud.The pregnant Virgin Mary with a dragon, alchemical stage (1772)Engraving of a seated alchemist in a cap tending a fire under a large chimney hood, with books, flasks and daylight from a leaded window.The Alchemist at Work: Engraving After Thomas WijckEngraving of a bearded alchemist at a worktable by a fireplace, with assistants working behind him in a cluttered laboratory.An Alchemist with Assistants in His Laboratory, after David TeniersMezzotint of a man in a dark robe lifting a round glass flask, with an hourglass and apparatus on a table beside him.The Alchemist: man peering into a glass flask, mezzotint after NorthcoteEngraved triumphal arch with columns, niches with figures, and two men exchanging a crown beneath a canopy at the centre.Triumphal arch with Philip II of Spain receiving a crown, engravingBlack and white engraved frontispiece of an alchemist's workshop under an arch, with nude statues, a glass vessel, and ornate floral and bird borders.Engraved alchemical laboratory with figures and nude statues, Theatrum chemicum BritannicuBlack and white mezzotint of a man in a dark gown lifting a round glass flask, gazing upward beside an hourglass and books on a table.The Alchemist, mezzotint after James Northcote, 1819Engraving of a winged crowned nude figure holding two staves, flanked by two men in period dress, with sun and moon symbols and a serpent in the foreground.Alchemical engraving: winged hermaphrodite between two alchemists, sun and moonBlack and white engraving of an alchemist in a cluttered laboratory with flasks and stills, and a family visiting a poorhouse in a village scene at upper right.The Alchemist's Laboratory, After BruegelBlack-and-white engraving of a cluttered alchemist's laboratory with copper stills and flasks, a family in the room, and a snowy village seen through a window at right.An alchemist in his laboratory with his family, after BruegelBlack and white etching of a bearded man in a cloak reading at a cluttered desk, with a skull, skeleton figure, globe and furnace around him.Philosopher in his study reading beside a skull and skeleton, 1728 etchingColoured stipple engraving of an old alchemist in a red robe at a furnace, with a woman and a man examining a globe in a cluttered laboratory.Alchemy and Chemistry: Historical Transition, 1805 Stipple EngravingBlack and white etching of an old alchemist seated at a stone furnace in a cluttered laboratory, with flasks, shelves, and a second figure at right.The Chymist: alchemist at a furnace in his laboratoryBlack and white engraving of a cluttered alchemist's laboratory; a young man drinks from a glass while an older man slumps on the floor near an open book.The Elixir of Long Life: alchemist's laboratory engravingEtching of a bearded alchemist in a cap working bellows at a stone furnace, with jars, flasks and books in a cluttered room.The Alchemist at the Furnace, after David Teniers the YoungerManuscript page: painted sun, moon, lion, peacock, robed figure, and a horned face rising from flames, with Latin text.Thesaurus thesaurorum: alchemical manuscript page with sun, moon and horned faceBlack-and-white woodcut of a armored rhinoceros standing in profile, with ornate patterned skin, on a printed book page.Rhinoceros engraving from Topsell's Historie of Foure-footed Beastes (1607)Etching of a bearded scholar holding a large glass jar beside a skeleton, with a seated patient and a caption at bottom.Scholar in a Surgeon's Workroom with a Jar of Spirits, 1686Bearded man bathing in a blue vat over a fire, a white dove above, and a kneeling attendant tending the flame in an arched hall.Aeson rejuvenated in a boiling vat, alchemical elixir of lifeEngraved alchemical emblem: a large vessel with an eagle atop, nude figures on each side, and three men at the base beneath a Latin inscription.Alchemical emblem of the path to the philosopher's stone, 1768 etchingWatercolour of a bearded alchemist in red and blue robes holding a glass vessel, with a dark inscribed scroll above and a landscape behind him.Alchemist Carrying the Vase of Hermes, WatercolourWatercolour of a three-headed monster with white, red and blue heads coiled inside a pear-shaped glass flask topped by a golden crown.Three-headed monster in an alchemical flask, watercolour by E.A. IbbsWatercolor of a red adobe church with two bell towers and crosses, with shawled figures gathered in the foreground and a wooden cross on a hill at right.Church, Rancho de Taos (watercolor, 1931)Engraving of a bearded alchemist in a turban at a cluttered workbench with a furnace, beside a woman with flowers in her hair, under the label IGNIS.The Four Elements: Fire (Ignis)Drawing of a songbird perched on a skull, surrounded by swirling grey bands, scattered petals, and a banner reading Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.Omar's Emblem, Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar KhayyámPainting of the Descent from the Cross: mourners lower Christ's body beside a tall cross, with two angels holding a palm at the top, against blue sky and a gold border.Descent from the CrossGrey stone linga on a stepped square pedestal, with a carved serpent figure at the front corner, against a black background.Linga of Shiva on a Serpent-Base PedestalEngraving of two contorted winged figures holding a ring with three lobed forms and two serpents, printed over a page of text.Alchemical engraving: winged figures and serpents in a ring, from Tripus AureusWoodcut of a young man playing a lute beside a music stand, with a goat at his feet, framed by ornamental borders on a printed book page.Sanguine personification, plate from Ripa's Iconologia (1611)Engraved emblem of an alchemist's workshop with a bent man at a furnace and a standing woman in a cloak.Alchemist's Workshop with a Standing Woman, Emblem Plate, 1596Black-and-white woodcut of a bearded man in a long robe holding a cord and an open book, with a bird on his head, framed by carved ornamental borders.Melancholy Man: Woodcut Plate from Ripa's IconologiaEngraving of musicians under a vine trellis, including a seated figure with a donkey, a keyboard instrument, a kneeling singer and a horn player. Latin caption below.Emblem of Midas and musicians, engraving, 1596Etching titled Avaritia: a bearded man in a doorway turns away an elderly couple and a woman holding a child, with a town of gabled houses behind.Avaritia: Man Refusing an Old Couple at His Door, EtchingEngraving of two robed women holding flasks beside a furnace with flames, on a tiered base with letter labels.Engraved alchemical furnace with two women and flasks, from Fludd's 1631 treatiseEtching of a nude figure holding a staff with an owl, surrounded by swooping birds, a dog at left, and a tree at right, with the word PATIENTIA above.Patientia: birds attacking an owl on a staff, etchingEngraved oval emblem of a nude woman standing on a globe, holding a falcon on her arm, with clouds behind her, labeled Nature.Nature: nude figure with falcon on a globe, Ripa emblemEtching titled VERITAS: a crowned female figure with a book and rays of light, surrounded by attackers, a cannon, and a book labeled tradition.Veritas: Truth as the Word of God Assailed by Persecution and ViolenceEtching of winged allegorical figures around a spider's web and two scrolls, labelled Charitas, Iustitia, Invidia, Avaritia.Leges Politicae: Allegorical Figures, Spider's Web and ScrollsEtching of a lion caught in a net on the ground, with trees, a castle and rocky hills in the background.A Lion Caught in a NetEtching titled Pax Insidiosa showing a fox looking up at a rooster in a tree, with a village and church in the background.Pax Insidiosa: Fox and Rooster in a Tree, EtchingEtching titled Alchemia: a bearded alchemist tends a furnace with flames while dressed onlookers watch, and a banquet takes place in the background.Alchemist Stoking a Furnace, with Onlookers and a BanquetBlack-and-white etching labeled LIBERTAS: a thatched mill on stilts by a river, a donkey at left, and a tall stork at right bending over the water.Stork and frog by a river, allegory of Libertas, etchingEngraving of an elderly woman seated in a chair beside a man, with flasks and jars on a table and a figure tending a hearth at right.Alchemist: engraved print of a laboratory scene with Dutch verseEtching of an eagle diving over water toward a mouse and frog, with a rocky cliff, village and distant town behind, and the Latin motto above.Eagle swooping on a mouse and frog, Aesop's fableWoodcut of a hunched, bearded old man leaning on a crutch, with a horse's head and a bare tree at right.Hunched Old Man with Crutch and Horse, Woodcut by Tobias StimmerEngraved oval emblem of a crowned woman in robes holding a garland, with an ape reading a book at lower left and stacked books at lower right.Academy emblem from Ripa's Iconologia (1709)Woodcut of a woman in a ruffled collar and long gown gesturing toward winged figures in the air beside a tall birdhouse-like tower.Elegant Lady Gesturing Toward Winged Figures and a Birdhouse TowerEtching of a bear overturning a barrel as bees swarm around it, with thatched cottages and trees in the background.Bear overturning a barrel, stung by bees, Aesop fable etchingEngraving of two cloaked men walking together on a raised walkway above a walled city with towers, a gate, boats and a dog.Concordia Civium: Two Men Walking Above a CityEtching titled Fons Vitae: a bearded prophet points to a cross-like post with a bird on a pedestal, beside winged creatures and figures in a rocky landscape.Fons Vitae: Prophet Pointing to a Cross, Emblem EtchingEtched emblem print of a man in a wide hat and cloak scattering seed across a field, with a town and church spire in the distance.Sower scattering seed, 'Ministerium Verbi' emblem printBlack-and-white engraving of a cow drinking from a spout above a stone cistern, with a lion-head spout pouring water into a basin at right.Cow drinking from a fountain, engraved plate by Robert FluddWoodcut of a man in a cap tending a brick furnace beside a round glass receiver on a tripod, with labeled vessel diagrams above and text below.Alchemist at a Furnace with Distillation Apparatus, woodcut, 1658Woodcut of a woman holding a mask to her face, with a long-legged bird at lower left and billowing drapery.Woman in Masque Costume with a Stork, WoodcutBlack-and-white engraving of a radial diagram with six spoke-like arms ending in scalloped cartouches around a central circle with figures.Radial diagram with figures and cartouches, Robert Fludd, 1631Woodcut of a nude man with outstretched arms inside a square frame, with an eye above his head and Latin text printed above.Vitruvian man in a square, from De occulta philosophiaEtching of a cat on a ledge looking at a hanging birdcage beside a brick wall, with a hazy town and hills in the distance.Monastic Life in Emblems: Cat and BirdcageEtching of a crane putting its long beak into a wolf's open mouth, with a river town and boats in the background and a Latin caption above.A crane and a wolf: Aesop's fable, etching after Christoph MurerEngraving of a radiant cloud over a tower of figures, with four cloud-framed heads in the corners and a banner of text.Integrum morborum mysterium (Robert Fludd, 1631)Engraving of a bearded scholar reading by candlelight beside a skeleton, a globe and a furnace, in an ornate frame.A Philosopher in His Study, ReadingEngraved emblem of two winged putti in an oval frame; one holds up a flask while the other points to an arrow, with a town behind them.Cupid with an arrow wound consults a second Cupid holding a urine flaskBlack-and-white woodcut of a man in profile facing right, wearing a flat cap and cloak, with a Latin caption below.Woodcut profile of a man in a cap, with Latin mottoWood engraving of a robed alchemist pointing at a diagram board while a crowd listens in a vaulted hall.An Alchemist Lecturing on the Elixir of Life, Wood Engraving, 1852-3Engraved emblem captioned Exercise: a standing figure holds a ring and a scroll, with a helmet, spear and anchor at his feet and hills behind.Exercise: emblem 109 from Ripa's Iconologia (1709 edition)Black and white lithograph of a central man figure made of scenes of progress, with bridges, balloon, temple and labelled vignettes around him.March of Intellect: emblematic figure of progress, Great Britain, ca. 1830Sepia print of three costumed figures in an alchemist's room with books, a skull, glass flasks and an alembic; a plumed man stands centre.Mr. Garrick as Abel Drugger, with Mr. Burton and Mr. Palmer as Subtle and FaceStipple engraving of a seated bearded chemist in a cluttered laboratory with a woman leaning in, a glass apparatus, bottles, a furnace and a globe.Alchemy to Chemistry: Stipple Engraving after Richard Corbould, 1805Engraving of a seated woman holding a mirror and brushes, with a monkey at her feet beside a panel, in an oval frame labeled Imitation.Imitation: Emblem 159 from Ripa's IconologiaBlack-and-white engraving in three tiers showing heraldry, circular alchemical diagrams, and a laboratory with figures, furnaces and glass vessels.Three-tiered alchemy diagram, Spiegel der Kunst und Natur, 1616Ink drawing of a woman with a long pole chasing a frog-like figure labeled Anglophobia; two men shake hands behind them.The Entente Cordiale: Marianne Chasing AnglophobiaBlack-and-white woodcut of a fox-like animal with an ape-like face standing over small young, with printed caption text above.Simivulpa, or Apish Foxe, woodcut from Topsell's Four-Footed BeastesColour caricature: a woman in a red cap flees a bearded doctor holding an enema syringe, as a man waves a red CGT flag.Marianne Chased by a Doctor with an Enema, 1910 CaricatureEtching of a crowned ruler pouring coins into a chest while armed men lead a prisoner away through a walled town.Roman emperor pouring coins into a chest, officer arrested, etchingEngraved frontispiece with a kneeling robed figure, a seated figure, two robed figures with scrolls under a radiating emblem, and a floral border.Frontispiece, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)Engraved architectural title page with a blank central panel, two nude youths flanking it, and small reliefs of a ship and scales below.Title Page with Two Nude Youths and Scientific InstrumentsEngraved emblem of a reclining woman entwined by a serpent, with ruined arches and distant spires, above and below Latin text on a printed page.Emblem L: woman and serpent, from Atalanta FugiensEngraved satirical print: a crowded alchemist's laboratory with flasks, bellows and demons above, and columns of Dutch text below.Satirical print of Father Peters' laboratory, 1689Engraving of a small child working bellows at a brick furnace, with flasks and alembics on shelves, inside an ornate scrolled rococo border.Allegory of Nicolas Lefevre in chemistry: an infant at the furnaceEngraved allegorical title page with winged figures, a skeleton, a tomb, and a woman with an open book below a Latin inscription.Allegorical Title Page for Heroine Aletheia Martiae, EngravingBlack-and-white lithograph of officials in uniforms crowding a birth scene, with a rooster and a naked infant in the foreground.Birth of the Juste Milieu, 1831 French political caricature lithographEngraving of an old bearded physician holding a young woman's wrist while an assistant grinds in a mortar in a dim vaulted room with flasks and books.The Clairvoyant Physician: Pulse-Taking and Lovesickness, 1775 EngravingBlack-and-white drawing of a man in a jacket tending a furnace among flasks, alembics and bottles, with a black cat in the lower right corner.Kolkman de AlchimistEngraving of a nude woman and an armoured knight with sword and shield beside a large fire, with a town in the background and Latin text below.Emblem XX: Fire and Armoured Warrior from Atalanta FugiensEngraved emblem plate: a bearded man reclines beside an eagle while a figure tends a furnace; a distant landscape with small figures and a tent.Emblem XXIII from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, 1618Black and white engraving of two standing figures and a seated bearded figure beside a flaming furnace, with Latin text above and below.Emblem X: Mercury and Vulcan at a Furnace, from Atalanta FugiensEngraving of a crowned bearded figure with an eagle on each arm, standing on rocks by a lake, with Latin text above and below.Emblem XLVI: Jupiter between two eagles, from Atalanta FugiensHand-coloured lithograph of a bearded alchemist over a copper pot and flask, with two onlookers reading a paper and a distressed woman at left.The Dutch Chymists: alchemist at work over a crucibleEngraved emblem of an alchemist tending a furnace in a workshop, with a window view of a church and a Latin epigram printed below.Emblem XVIII: Alchemist at a furnace, from Atalanta FugiensEngraving of an elderly alchemist seated among glass alembics, flasks and a furnace in a workshop, with a verse caption below.The Alchemist (Scheider), engraving by Christoph Weigel, 1698Sepia etching of a cherub working bellows at a furnace amid chemical flasks and bottles, within an ornate scrolled rococo border.Infant at Bellows Beside a Furnace, Allegory of Chemistry (1773)Engraving of a young man bending to blow at a fire in a stone room, while a spectacled older man watches at a table.Young Man Blowing a Fire While an Alchemist WatchesHand-colored etching of a bearded robed figure with a sword at his mouth, flanked by tall candlesticks with lit candles under clouds.Christ with a sword in his mouth between seven candlesticks, alchemical etchingEngraved plate of a winged figure with a scythe above a rocky mountain and a small stone building, with Latin text on the page.Emblem XII: Saturn devouring a stone, from Atalanta FugiensHand-colored caricature of figures in a cluttered laboratory around a furnace labeled German Stove, with glass retorts and a man lifting a flask.Political Chemist and German Retorts, or Dissolving the Rhenish ConfederacyEngraving of a woman lying in a landscape, wrapped by a large serpent, with ruined arches behind and a Latin epigram printed below.Emblem L: Dragon Coiled Around a Woman, from Atalanta FugiensEngraved emblem page: a seated woman holds an infant at left, while a woman and child sit near flames and rocks at right. Latin text fills the page below.Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem XXXV: Ceres and Thetis by Michael Maier, 1618Engraved book page with a woman in a flowing cloak and a man holding a lantern on a path, with Latin text above and below.Emblem XLII from Atalanta Fugiens, Hoc Est Emblemata Nova by Michael MaierArched watercolour: androgynous figure with red cloak and round mirror, winged figure behind, hazy hilly landscape beyond.The Hermetic androgyne: stages of the alchemical WorkEngraving of two nude figures pouring water into a basin while robed onlookers and a worker tend a vessel; a domed building appears in the distance.Emblem XL from Atalanta Fugiens: two springs unite in one waterBrown lithograph of two robed professors in a vaulted study; one gestures at a chalkboard, the other writes at a desk beside an hourglass and books.Satirical lithograph of two professors in a vaulted study, 1893Engraving of two putti with architectural tools, a plinth, a column drum and a tablet reading Livre des Arts, on rough ground.Putti with Architectural Tools and a Book of ArtsEngraved emblem page: a crowned bearded man reclines nude in a bath inside a domed vessel, with a city street behind, and Latin text above and below.Emblem XXVIII, Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier (1618)Wood engraving of a robed alchemist at a furnace in a laboratory, framed by vignettes of a balloon, a storm and figures with books and instruments.Alchemist at His Furnace Among Scientific PursuitsEngraving of an elderly bearded alchemist seated in a workshop beside glass flasks, an alembic, and a furnace, with Dutch verse below.Elderly Alchemist Beside His Apparatus, Engraving by Weigel, 1698Engraved oval portrait of a smiling peddler in a tricorn hat holding a horn, with a basket of horns strapped to his chest, framed by leafy garland.Peddler Selling Horns, Emblems of CuckoldryEngraving showing the front elevation of the Royal Exchange above a plan of its courtyard with labelled trades and heraldic emblems below.The Royal Exchange, London: elevation and ground planEngraving of a nude man swimming in rough water toward a sea monster at right, with a distant harbor town and ships under a cloudy sky.Man Swimming Past a Sea Monster, Emblem XXXI from Atalanta FugiensWood engraving of a seated alchemist in a laboratory niche, with vignettes of a balloon, easel painters, a globe and workers around the border.Alchemist at His Alembic, Surrounded by Scientific PursuitsEngraving of two winged putti on clouds with a laurel wreath, a lyre, and an open book, captioned LA POESIE.La Poésie: two putti with lyre and book, engravingManuscript page: a crowned woman in blue rides a golden lion under a sun-faced disk in clouds, with Latin text below.Crowned Woman on a Lion beneath a Sun Disk, Manuscript PageEngraved emblem: a man in a broad hat dips a long rod into a river beside a stone bridge, with a hillside town and a sunburst above.Emblem XXXII: Coral Growing Underwater, from Atalanta FugiensPainted manuscript page showing a chariot pulled by antlered stags over clouds, above two flaming alchemical furnaces with glass vessels.Thesaurus thesaurorum: chariot drawn by stags and alchemical furnacesHand-painted manuscript page with a rainbow, a pink fire-headed serpent, a winged figure, and two alchemical glass vessels below.Alchemical manuscript page with rainbow, serpent and vesselsWatercolor manuscript page: two serpent-like creatures, pink and gold, above glass vessels, colored flasks and a small furnace with a bowl.Alchemical manuscript page with serpents, flasks and furnacePainted manuscript page with a robed figure and sun above, a brick furnace with flames, glass flasks, an alembic, and a bowl.Alchemical manuscript page with furnace and apparatusEngraving of apes doing human chores in a workshop with a furnace, a pot on a hearth, and a village street visible at right.Apenspel: Monkeys Performing Human Trades in a Reversed WorldEngraving of two alchemists in a cluttered laboratory with brick furnaces, stills and flasks, with German verse text below.The Alchemist or Goldmaker, engraving by Christoph Weigel, 1698Black-and-white woodcut of a four-legged beast covered in overlapping scales, with a curled tail and a shaggy head, labeled The Gorgon.The Gorgon, a scaled beast from Topsell's Historie of Foure-footed BeastesHand-painted manuscript page with alchemical scenes: a brick furnace with flames and smoke, glass flasks labeled distillatio, and two figures in a landscape.Thesaurus thesaurorum: alchemical manuscript pageWoodcut alchemical emblem on a book page: a tall tiered figure with sun and moon symbols, clouds at top, and small figures around a base.Alchemical emblem of the philosopher's stone, from Libavius's Alchymia (1606)Engraving in an oval frame: a young man in period dress talks with a bearded old man in a skullcap at a table with books; a winged creature sits atop the frame.The Alchemist: Subtle and Abel Drugger, after John GrahamEngraving of a smiling man in a dark coat, white collar and cap, standing in an oval frame beside a window and shelves of bottles.Dodd as Abel Drugger in The Alchemist, engravingWatercolour of a crowned figure in a gold robe on a path, holding a globe and dove, under two suns, with a tilting boat in the distance.The Third Parable: A Crowned Prince in Gold in an Alchemical LandscapeEngraving of a kneeling monk at a furnace with glass flask as a veiled woman approaches; bookshelves, globe and tree behind, with a seated figure at left.Basil Valentine visited by a woman crowning him in an alchemical studyEngraving of a standing man in a dark coat and hat in an oval frame, with an open window and bottles behind him; a caption below names Dodd as Abel Drugger.James Dodd as Abel Drugger in The Alchemist, engravingBlack and white engraved frontispiece: a mountain labeled Mons Magorum, a lit candle over an open book, two figures at sides, and a dragon circling a seated figure below.Scholae Magicae Typus, alchemical frontispiece (1651)Engraved portrait of a bearded bishop with mitre and crosier, standing before a hilly landscape, with a shamrock and caption below.Saint Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of IrelandEngraved title page with lettering at top and a workshop scene below, two figures tending flasks and a furnace among hanging vessels and shelves.Title page of Traité de la Chymie by N. Le Febure, with alchemist's laboratory sceneWatercolour of a three-headed white eagle inside a pale blue pear-shaped flask topped with a gold crown, on a cream background.Three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flaskWatercolour of a naked infant inside a blue flask under a gold crown, beside a winged dragon with open jaws.Putto and dragon in a blue alchemical flaskEtching of a bearded man in a fur hat bending over a vessel at a table, with bottles on shelves, a tall chair, and a large flask at right.AlchemistEtching of a draped woman beside a bearded bust on a pedestal, with an easel and tools in the foreground.Allegory of Sculpture, after Giovanni DavidGrey monochrome panel of six putti among drawing tools, with a vase of flowers and fruit at right and a child leaning over a sheet.Six putti with flowers, fruit and drawing attributesSepia etching of a bearded old man in a fur-trimmed cloak reading in a chair, with flasks on a shelf and a bowl and pitcher beside him.Alchemist, etching of an old man reading by vesselsDark weathered stone linga with a square base and rounded top, photographed against a plain grey background.Emblem of the God Shiva (Linga)Fragment of a green glazed ceramic bowl with a dark five-petaled rosette at center, scrolling vines, and dark calligraphic bands along the rim.Bowl Fragment with Rosette Emblem, Mamluk PeriodEngraving of a melancholy seated woman on a rock in rough sea, with a distant sailboat and Latin inscription above.Melancholia, Emblematic Figure after Enea VicoClear glass covered butter dish with a bullet-shaped knob and a raised eagle over a shield on the conical lid.Bullet and Emblem Covered Butter DishBlack-and-white photo of a carved wood relief with a seated crowned woman surrounded by putti holding books, a globe, and musical instruments.Panel Emblematical of the Arts, French Wood ReliefBlack-and-white woodcut of a galley with oars and a furled sail on choppy waves, with a scaly sea creature curling beneath its prow.Galley and Sea Creature, Emblem Woodcut from Alciato's EmblemataEngraved architectural plate of a three-storey building with lettered keys and Latin captions, from a 1607 alchemy book.Engraved laboratory building plan with lettered keys, 1607Woodcut of a seated bearded man in a hooded robe holding a pouch, with a tortoise at his feet, framed by scrolled borders and a caption.Phlegmatic for Water (Flemmatico per l'acqua), from Ripa's IconologiaEngraved plate of a thin young man holding a sword, with a crouching lion and a fire at right, and Italian caption text below.Choleric Temperament by Fire, Ripa's Iconologia WoodcutEtching titled AMBITIO: a donkey carries a shrine with a figure while a man raises a sword on the left and men kneel before it on the right.Men Worship an Ass Bearing a Religious ImageEtching of a bare tree with a small bird on top, set on a mound with distant hills and a small building on the right.Monastic Life in Emblems: Bird on a Bare TreeEtching of a bearded man seated by a stream while a raven brings him food, with trees and a deer in the background.Elijah Fed by a Raven, Providence of God EtchingEngraving of an outdoor meal under a tree: three seated guests at a table, a bearded host in a robe gesturing, hens, firewood, and a house with a doorway.Hospitality: outdoor feast under a tree, engraving (1622)Etching of a bull with lowered head beside a dog lying in straw in a shed, with a farmyard and small figures in the background.A dog resting on a bull's straw, Aesop's fable etchingEngraving of a woman in a robe beside a wooden printing press, labelled 282 Printing, within an oval frame.Printing: allegorical figure beside a printing pressEtching of thistle plants and a small bird perched on one, with hills and a village in the distance.Thistles and a Bird in an Etched LandscapeEngraving of a winged woman in an oval frame labelled Curiosity, standing before a hilly landscape with a tower and clouds.Curiosity: emblem plate from Ripa's IconologiaEtching of a bird with spread wings on a grassy hilltop, with small towers and figures on a flat horizon.Monastic Life in EmblemsWoodcut emblem showing a stooped, ragged figure walking through an arched colonnade, with Latin verse printed below the image.Emblem 'Nupta contagiosa' from Alciato's Emblematum fontesBlack and white engraving of four figures gathered around a skull-shaped vessel in a rocky landscape, with Latin text above and below.Emblem XLIX from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, 1618Engraved emblem showing four men gathered around a fire in a hilly landscape, with Latin text printed above and below the image.Emblem XLIX: Orion, Vulcan and Hermes, from Atalanta FugiensPen-and-ink court scene with robed courtiers around a seated figure, a furnace and cauldron at left, and a soldier in armour at right.Alchemist demonstrating in a royal court, after BrožíkSepia lithograph: men in period dress crowd around a reclining woman; a rooster stands in front and a flag hangs overhead.The Birth of the Juste Milieu, 1831 LithographEngraving of a wolf attacking a reclining figure on a shore, with a fire and a distant walled city at right, above printed Latin epigram text.Emblem XXIV: wolf devouring a king, from Atalanta FugiensEngraved plate of a dim workshop: a young man works a bellows by a furnace while a spectacled older man watches from a table.The Chemist: young man at bellows beside a furnace, engraving after Frans van MierisEngraved print of an old woman seated at a cluttered table with a man standing behind her, surrounded by flasks, jugs and a furnace.Onmogelijck: alchemist's workshop print, 1639-1641Engraved architectural sheet with two building elevations, a central ground plan, and two heraldic shields in cartouches.St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: elevations and courtyard plan, 1756Manuscript page with watercolors of Noah's ark, a lion with a crow on its back, and three alchemical furnaces with flasks and Latin labels.Alchemical manuscript page: ark, lion and furnacesManuscript page with watercolor of a faced sun over rocks, a man and woman, and a mirror focusing sunlight onto a vessel.Thesaurus thesaurorum: alchemical manuscript page with sun and mirrorManuscript page with three painted vignettes: a rider on a cloud, a wooden tub with two figures, and a flask over flames.Manuscript page with alchemical-style vignettesEtching of a seated draped woman raising a brush beside an easel, with a small child figure at her feet and a cloudy landscape behind.Allegory of PaintingEngraved allegory with a winged figure in clouds, a standing woman in robes, cherubs, and a seated figure under a curtain, with printed text below.The Triumph of Painting, engraving by Bernard Picart, 1725Woodcut of a long-tailed monkey in profile with hatched fur shading, labeled Sagoin above, on a faint book page background.Sagoin, called Galeopithecus, woodcut from Topsell's Foure-footed BeastesTwo oval engravings side by side: a kneeling man with a raised flame and sword, labeled Inspiration, and a standing woman on a cloud, labeled Idea.Inspiration and Idea: emblem plates from Ripa's Iconologia (1709)Engraving of a rough-clad man beside a beehive basket, labeled Artifice, next to a draped woman holding grapes, labeled Art.Artifice and Art, emblems from Ripa's IconologiaTwo oval engravings on a printed page: the upper one shows a winged woman with rays of light, the lower a winged figure beside a column.Iconologia emblems: Horography and History, engraved platesEngraved card-style print of a robed alchemist beside a brick furnace and bellows, with shelves of jars and a decorative cartouche border.The World in the Card Game: Alchemist at a FurnaceEngraving of an old man in a turban and glasses holding a pot beside a nude winged cupid on rocky ground.Cupid Shaping Clay in a PotBrass cross-shaped fire engine emblem with a raised central ring of embossed forms and a circular opening, on a plain background.Brass Fire Cross Engine Emblem with Raised Central RingTall carved wooden walking cane with a small carved handle and a metal tip, standing upright against a dark gradient background.Carved walking cane inscribed 'This cane was cut near Jefferson's tomb'Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed bearded man seated by a tree with a staff and bell, a pig and cross nearby, in a hazy landscape.Saint Anthony with Pig, Bell and Staff in LandscapeEngraved sheet of six framed scenes with figures, a donkey, a curtain and a seated man at a desk, printed in black ink on cream paper.Page from The Praise of Folly, with six scenesEtching of a smoky room: a tall figure in a long coat leaps back from a furnace while onlookers gather at right beneath a flying creature.The Philosopher's StoneWoodcut emblem page with a nude woman holding a cup beside an empty scrolled shield, a bird on a stand at right, and a blank tablet below.Emblem with Blank Heraldic Shield, Anthologia Gnomonica folio 156Small engraved emblem plate: a hunter with a staff beside a lattice net, dogs running in a open landscape, with printed verse below.Emblem 17: hunter, net and hounds, Callot printEngraved emblem from a book: a crowned king accepts a cup from a servant in a columned room, a sick man lies in bed behind them, and printed Latin text fills the page below.Atalanta fugiens, Emblem XLVIII: King and Sick ManColored engraving of a small caricatured alchemist with spectacles and black hat, leaning on a cane by a brick furnace with smoke rising, with text below.The dwarf Blasius Rauchmantl as an alchemist, c. 1710Black and white engraving of a river landscape with a walled town on a hill, figures on rocks, and a Latin emblem page below.Emblem XXXVI from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, 1618Small engraved wedding print with a central cartouche, scrolling foliage, a bird, putti, and an inscription band, on cream paper.Wedding Print, 1726Pen drawing on pale blue paper showing a tall skeleton and a small kneeling figure at the right; blank paper and faint handwriting fill the rest.Skeleton and kneeling figure, pen drawing on blue paper