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Wood engraving of a robed alchemist pointing at a diagram board while a crowd listens in a vaulted hall.

An alchemist standing before a board illustrated with diagrams, lecturing to a crowd on the elixir of life. Wood engraving, 1852-3, after D. Scott.

A black-and-white wood engraving shows a robed alchemist standing before a large board of diagrams, pointing with a rod while a crowd of seated and standing listeners fills a vaulted hall. Beams, arches and windows frame the scene, and a bearded figure in the foreground leans over a book. Engraved after a design by David Scott.

Artist
David Scott
Date
1852-3
Medium
Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3190 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1853.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Un alquimista dando una conferencia sobre el elixir de la vida, grabado en madera, 1852-3

Un grabado en madera en blanco y negro muestra a un alquimista con túnica de pie ante un gran tablero con diagramas, señalando con una varilla mientras una multitud de oyentes sentados y de pie llena una sala abovedada. Vigas, arcos y ventanas enmarcan la escena, y en primer plano un hombre barbado se inclina sobre un libro.

Português: Um alquimista palestrando sobre o elixir da vida, gravura em madeira, 1852-3

Uma gravura em madeira em preto e branco mostra um alquimista de manto em pé diante de um grande quadro com diagramas, apontando com uma vara enquanto uma multidão de ouvintes sentados e em pé lota um salão abobadado. Vigas, arcos e janelas emolduram a cena, e em primeiro plano um homem barbado inclina-se sobre um livro.

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