Hocus pocus, or, Searching for the philosophers stone [graphic] / Rowlandson 1800.

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Title: Hocus pocus, or, Searching for the philosophers stone [graphic] / Rowlandson 1800.
Alternative Title: Searching for the philosophers stone
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Copyright Date: [12 March 1800]
Description: Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Signed in image, lower left.
Temporary local subject terms: Hoaxes: allusion to bottle conjurer Male costume -- Furniture: chest -- Philosopher's stone.
Title etched below image.
Traces of burnished lettering in lower right corner of design.
Extent: 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.6 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 32 x 44 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Aquatints--England--London--1800.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1800.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Alchemy.
Fireplaces.
Fraud.
Jews,--depicted
Laboratories.
Mortars & pestles.
Thermometers.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 5