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Alchemical Devices, after the Ripley Scroll

Alchemical Devices, after the Ripley Scroll

The Vessel as the central motif, with the Sun and the Moon in a secondary part. From The Ripley Scroll, after.

Watercolour after George Ripley, date not recorded.

Public Domain Mark · Web copy 396 by 1400 px · Wellcome Collection

Key · 2 motifs

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

  1. 1The Vesselcentral motif
  2. 2The Sun and the Moonsecondary motif

The picture

A radiant sun face in the upper register, by eye. By eye

Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.

Also carrying the Vessel

7 works, 3 with it as the central motif. The symbol.

Also carrying the Sun and the Moon

15 works. The symbol.

In the same series

After the Ripley Scroll

Record

Source
Wellcome Collection
Rights
Public Domain Mark. Wellcome Collection marks the work as free of known copyright restrictions.
Restoration
None. A 396 by 1400 pixel web copy made from the source file; nothing retouched, nothing upscaled.
Series
After the Ripley Scroll
Titled here
Alchemical Devices, after the Ripley Scroll. Wellcome Collection catalogues it as: Alchemical devices. Watercolour after George Ripley.
Checked
Wellcome Collection's own catalogue record, 4 September 2026: the rights, the maker, the date, accession mshabd3u. The title on this page is ours, as the line above says. Not seen in the gallery.
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Symbolica, “Alchemical Devices, after the Ripley Scroll”, Watercolour after George Ripley, date not recorded. thesymbolica.com/work/alchemical-devices-after-the-ripley-scroll-left/