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  • The Holy Spirit initiates the Pentecost. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).
  • Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.
  • A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
  • Fisher-folk, and their net-making equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Lot and his family flee while Sodom burns. Engraving.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during winter [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Angels blow trumpets and fire descends upon the earth. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A dwarf alchemist and his assistant standing by a crucible. Etching, 18th century.
  • An alchemist of the 'puffer' (uninitiated) type, surrounded by equipment. Engraving by W. French after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during summer [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.
  • Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.
  • Job rides on a turtle in front of his wife, his comforters and the devil. Engraving by D.V. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck, 1559.
  • A man lying dead, from the plague, church and flames in background. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace, surrounded by well dressed onlookers: a banquet takes place in the background. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?.
  • An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by F.B. Lorieux and P. Michon after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
  • Aeneas is standing with his father Anchises on his shoulders as he rescues him from the fire of Troy, and he receives the household gods from his wife, Creusa. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Chemistry: vessels for heating with furnaces, including apparatus for bathing, making beer, making vinegar, etc. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The damned writhe in boiling cauldrons; representing hell. Woodcut.
  • Chemistry: a multi-tiered furnace for distillation. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.