Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Alchemist |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Object ID |
2014.505 |
Description |
Color lithograph of an alchemist in his laboratory, viewed in vignette through an ornamental oval frame. The frame is draped in an American flag and decorated in the lower register with alchemical tools and glassware. The print identifies its artist as Alphonse Bigot, a French lithographer working in the United States, especially Philadelphia, between 1840 and 1873. |
Artist |
Bigot, Alphonse |
Date |
mid 1800s |
Dimensions |
H-5.5 W-4 inches |
Material |
Wove paper |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Search Terms |
Alchemy in art Alchemists Lithographs Patriotism Nineteenth century Bigot, Alphonse, approximately 1828-1872 or 1873 |