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Black 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, 1819

A man in a dark gown and white collar gazes upward while raising a round glass flask in his right hand. Beside him on a table sit an hourglass, open books, a quill, an inkwell, and a pair of scissors, against a dark background.

Artist
James Northcote
Date
1819
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2949 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1819.
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