The Dutch Chymist.
£175.00
Publisher
London.John Boydell was a prominent engraver and print publisher in London who began in business in 1746 and specialized in reproductive prints.
Date
Circa 1719 ? 1804
Synopsis
steen, jan, 1626-1679 boydell, john, 1720-1804
Item Description
30 X 41 . This engraved image shows a chemist (or alchemist) siting before a table, stirring a small pot on a fire. Two men in the background are reading a paper, perhaps a recipe. A woman, with a cloth over her face and a child in her arms, looks up toward empty money bags hanging from a string, in front of an inflated bladder, a reference to delusion. The inscriptions read: "J. Stein pinxt" and "J. Boydell Sculpt" and "Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of Mr. Leviez." CONDITION GOOD ONE WORM HOLE
[Stock No. 27662]
