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Artist
- Name:
- Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz)
- Dates:
- 1815-1882
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Etching
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Auriol; or, The elixir of life
- Author(s):
- Ainsworth, William Harrison
- Publisher:
- London: G. J. Howell and Company, n.d.
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
In a cluttered sixteenth-century alchemist’s laboratory featuring retorts, skeletons, a large manuscript propped up on a table, and various nondescript implements, a man drinks from a vial, leaning back on the athanor, while another, older one, gestures toward him in anguish, one knee to the floor.
Keywords: 16th century, 19th century, black & white, book, drink, eerie, frightened, Victorian
