An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm Inscribed: 'E

Inscribed: 'E

on the site of the new Coal Exchange

View of the courtyard at the Old Bell Inn

'The Squire of Alsatia'

The accompanying text states that 'Some of the crystallized red oxides of copper deserve from their lustre the appellation of Ruby Coppers

An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm Inscribed: 'EAllegorical plate showing Gaia [?] offering a vessel to Hermes, who carries keys and holds aloft a caduceus. The vessel is inscribed 'Influentia' [influence]. Between them is the Earth, inscribed 'Ne Frustra' [not in vain]. Both gods stand on a cloudscape with the Moon and Sun behind. Frontispiece to A treatise for the service of chemistry in general; exhibiting the universal and specific principles of body; the simple and uniform procedure of nature