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Wood 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 Pursuits

A wood engraving on a cream sheet shows a robed figure seated at a central workbench beneath a shelved laboratory, with glass vessels and a flask set on a stove. Smaller vignettes around the border show a balloon, a lightning-struck landscape, figures at easels, a globe, and a bellows-operating worker.

Artist
Brothers Dalziel
Date
[1870?]
Medium
Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2735 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1880.
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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