The Search for the Alchemical Formula

• 1858
• Charles Meer Webb, English
• 20.75 x 16.5 in.
  Oil on canvas
• On display in Transmutations
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.281
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A man in a red skull cap and coat furred at the collar and cuff sits in a tattered green velvet chair with an open book on his lap. His head turns to the right gazing toward large manuscripts that are leaning on a red-clothed table with a skull. Behind him, to the left, is a hearth and distillation apparatus.