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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
The Dissolution, or The Alchymist producing an Aetherial Representation/ J. G[illray] des. & fec.
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Subject (Keyword):
Chemistry
Subject (Keyword):
Alchemy
Subject (Keyword):
Chemical apparatus
Subject (Keyword):
Great Britian-politics and government- caricatures and cartoons
Subject (Genre):
Caricatures
Publication Information:
[London] : H. Humphrey, May 21, 1796.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A021543
Physical Description:
1 print : etching ; 39 x 28 cm.
Image Description:
Political caricature: a man is sitting before a furnace working a bellows and intent on heating the contents of a large glass retort; whereas the background paraphernalia is that of an alchemists shop, the content of the retort is entirely political.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 72-7
Cited in:
Catalogue of political and personal satires...in the British Museum; 8805
Cited in:
Wright & Evans; 150
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
WZ 336 G48 no. 10 sol
Record UI:
101393181

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