An allegory of chemistry and nature bill of fare 'Figures from a Triumph'

'Figures from a Triumph'

dressed in his uniform and carrying a staff

Plate 1 from Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen der Insekten und Krustenthiere

this shows the first president of France's Third Republic

one seated

An allegory of chemistry and nature bill of fare 'Figures from a Triumph'Allegorical plate showing a putto raking a smoking furnace around which is scattered chemical retorts and apparatus; with a crown, sword, mitre and other worldly treasures behind. The furnace leads upward in a three tiered pillar upon which are specimens of geology, plant life and animals. At the top is a multi breasted female figure [Nature?] with a pair of lions on her shoulders. Frontispiece to Actorum chymicorum Holmiensium Parasceve, id est