Images

A lithographic print showing the famed anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-64) about to dissect a human body. Lithograph by E. Milster after E. J. C. Hamman, 1849. (Wellcome Images)

A photograph of liquid gold in a refinery.

A 1757 oil-on-canvas painting, The Alchemists, by Pietro Longhi. (Ca' Rezzonico, Venice)

An 1867 painting showing the Polish alchemist Michael Sendivogius (1566-1636) by Jan Matejko. (Museum of Art in Łódź, Poland)

A c. 1850 lithographic print, The Alchemist, by Celestin Nanteuil. The figure is in possession of the typical apparatus of alchemy such as a condenser and furnace. (Science Museum, London)

Artist's impression of Herod's Harbor at Caesarea Maritima.

This infographic illustrates the history and transformation of the British royal family's dynastic lineage, culminating in the modern House of Windsor. It highlights the monarchy’s evolution from its German roots to a distinctly British identity...

A 19th-century print titled 'The Alchymist', after Teniers, by W. Baillie. The alchemist is using bellows to increase the temperature of the furnace which is heating a condenser. (Science Museum, London)

A detail of The Alchemist by Joseph Wright of Derby. Oil-on-canvas painted in 1771. (Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK)

War Dance, Sioux, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1845-48. Smithsonian American Art Museum.