Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz |
Object Name |
Engraving |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.109 |
Description |
This engraving shows the bust of Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz (1660–1741), an apothecary from Germany who later came to England to assist Sir Robert Boyle; here he is surrounded by his apparatus. At the left are the furnace and receiver used in the manufacture of phosphorus. The molten product was removed with a ladle to the molds in which it was cast into sticks. Flaming phosphorus and the phoenix, the emblems of fire and immortality, are in the foreground. Below the image, a Latin inscription reads: "Hac Amicitiae tessera Fautorib, valedicit Peregrinaturus Ambros Godfrey Hanckwitz Chym: ad Phoenice Londini." ("A token in friendship and support, farewell the absent Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz, Chemist: at the Phoenix London.") |
Artist |
Vertue, George |
Artist 2 |
Schmutz, Johann Rudolf (after) |
Date |
1718 |
Dimensions |
H-8.5 W-5.25 inches |
Material |
Paper, Ink |
Medium |
Engraving |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Engravings Portraits Eighteenth century Phosphorus Apothecaries Hanckwitz, Ambrose Godfrey Vertue, George Schmutz, Johann Rudolf |
Provenance |
Fisher Scientific, Pittsburg, PA; Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH, until 2000. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Scientific International Inc.). |