A philosopher Conduit Street / [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[28 March 1796]eng"An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Philosophers -- Scientific lectures -- Maps: globes -- Cabalistic signs -- Phials.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.7 x 19.9 cm.Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 9 of 12.