Wellcome Collection
A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Peter Grevious Carry-coal. Ee'ry day at my back, I carry this pack,/ To keep up the chymical fire:/ And yet when all's done the phylosophers stone, our projects will never acquire ...
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