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Brandt Découvrant le Phosphore.
Brandt Découvrant le Phosphore.
Ulm sculp. Imp. Delâtre Rue S.t Jacques, 303, Paris.
Paris, Publié par Cadart & Luquet, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richlieu [n.d., 1864].
Etching. 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½"), paper watermarked 'Aqua Fortistes', large margins.
A portrait of German alchemist Hennig Brand (c.1630-c.1700) standing by a glowing retort in which, by heating urine, distilled phosphorus. Etched by Emile Ulm (1829-92) for Alfred Cadart's 'Societe des Aqua-Fortistes - Eaux-Fortes Modernes', on paper made for the society.
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