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Engraved 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)

An engraved frontispiece in a decorative floral border shows a kneeling figure in a cloak receiving a scroll from a seated figure in a checkered-floor hall. Above, two robed figures hold scrolls beneath a radiating dove-like emblem, with a sun-like light and Latin inscriptions.

Artist
Elias Ashmole
Date
1652
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3021 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1652.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Alchemy and Hidden WisdomPhilosophers and Sages17th century1650s1652engravingbook illustrationfrontispieceemblemlatin inscriptionalchemycheckered floorfloral bordertheatrum chemicum britannicum

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