An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm Landscape showing the eastern prospect

Landscape showing the eastern prospect from the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) at Greenwich

View of the courtyard at the Old Bell Inn

A hand appears holding the letter A

Inscribed: 'E

Blackfriars Bridge

An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm Landscape showing the eastern prospectAllegorical 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