An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm to trap water before it

to trap water before it reaches the Loch Tummel

View of the courtyard at the Old Bell Inn

A hand appears holding the letter A

The sitter is shown at half-length with long

Inscribed: 'E

An allegory of chemistry Size:S: 60 x 45cm to trap water before itAllegorical 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