An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm View of the courtyard at

View of the courtyard at the Old Bell Inn

on the site of the new Coal Exchange

Blackfriars Bridge

'The Squire of Alsatia'

An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm View of the courtyard atAllegorical 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