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Watercolour 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. Ibbs

A three-headed dragon-like monster with white, red and blue heads coils inside a pear-shaped glass flask sealed by a golden crown. Its scaly green-spotted body and bat-like wing fill the lower bulb against a pale grey background. The watercolour is a stylised allegory of salt, sulphur and mercury.

Artist
Ibbs, Edith A.
Date
1900-1909
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
1962 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
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

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