Potion Collection

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Transformation of Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde, a scene from Robert Louis Stevensons novel. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes

Aguarda Que Te Unten, plate from Los Caprichos, 1799 (etching & aquatint)
3112269 Aguarda Que Te Unten, plate from Los Caprichos, 1799 (etching & aquatint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 32x22 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Russian bottle of love medicine
A Russian bottle of love medicine - girl not generally included... Date: 1910

Chemist Shop C19Th
A reconstruction of an old chemist shop in the Black Country Museum

Romeo & Juliet / Friar
Act IV Juliet visits Friar Lawrence in his cell and procures a sleeping potion

Bottle of Poison on Yellow Background
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Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577808 Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

English mountebank with sword and stuffed fox selling potions in the Place du Louvre
FLO4657085 English mountebank with sword and stuffed fox selling potions in the Place du Louvre. Lithograph after Jean Duplessis-Bertaux from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century

Love's Bitter Potion or Dolly Pregnant, symbolism of lost virginity, after a work by Boitard
1000931 Love's Bitter Potion or Dolly Pregnant, symbolism of lost virginity, after a work by Boitard. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

Love's Bitter Potion or Dolly Pregnant, symbolism of lost virginity, after a work by Boitard
1000932 Love's Bitter Potion or Dolly Pregnant, symbolism of lost virginity, after a work by Boitard. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

English mountebank in hussar uniform on horseback selling potions to a crowd of peasant and soldiers
FLO4657089 English mountebank in hussar uniform on horseback selling potions to a crowd of peasant and soldiers. Lithograph after Jean Duplessis-Bertaux from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century

Dick Turpin (1706-1739) English robber and highwayman. 19th century (colour-printed wood engraving)
531485 Dick Turpin (1706-1739) English robber and highwayman. 19th century (colour-printed wood engraving); (add.info.: Subject of many romantic stories especially that of his ride to York on his)

AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs

AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs

Jason Putting the Dragon to Sleep, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Jason Putting the Dragon to Sleep, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 62

La Potion, 1836. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Potion, 1836. The Potion

Chiron Teaches Magic to Achilles, 1758/1759. Creator: Gaetano Gherardo Zompini
Chiron Teaches Magic to Achilles, 1758/1759

Hélène offrant à Ménélas la potion de la reine Polydamne, c1650. Creator: Workshop of Simon Vouet
Helene offrant a Menelas la potion de la reine Polydamne, c1650

A Hopeless Mésalliance, from Puck, published January 4, 1893. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor
A Hopeless Mesalliance, from Puck, published January 4, 1893

Bottle of Poison
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„Don't Be Sad “ Potion
Dina Belenko

old bottle
illustration was published in 1895 lindeman catalogue

Detail of a Greek vase showing Odysseus and Circe, 5th century BC
Detail of a Greek vase from Thebes showing Odysseus and Circe. She is handing the magic potion to Odysseus which will turn him into a pig, 5th century BC

Dick Turpin (1706-1739), English robber and highwayman, 19th century. Dick Turpin is the subject of many romantic stories, especially his ride to York on his mare Black Bess

Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Infirmary, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Infirmary, 1901

Africa, Benin, Taneka villages. Fireplace of a fetisheur preparing a magical infusion

Levitation Spell
Dina Belenko

Drop of Potion
Flying potion bottle with pouring liquid in a magical still life. Brewing enchanted tea. Wooden background with magical supplies. Copy space.. Dina Belenko

Witch, illustration from a book of tales, c. 1910-20 (colour engraving)
CHT163099 Witch, illustration from a book of tales, c.1910-20 (colour engraving) by Savely Dezso, K. (19th-20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sorciere)

A Phantasmagoria: Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton, pub. 1803 (hand coloured engraving)
3025914 A Phantasmagoria: Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton, pub. 1803 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Addington (1757-1844)

The Weird Sisters, Macbeth, Act IV Scene 1, illustration from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
STC308583 The Weird Sisters, Macbeth, Act IV Scene 1, illustration from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, 1905 (colour litho) by Price

Historiated initial D depicting an apothecary, from Historia Naturalis (vellum)
XIR125868 Historiated initial D depicting an apothecary, from Historia Naturalis (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Comment Tristan but le Philtre d amour, c. 1894 (litho)
2630777 Comment Tristan but le Philtre d amour, c.1894 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

The horror of my other self from the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
5615710 The horror of my other self from the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Illustration by S.G. Hulme Beamam (1887-1932)See more information below

Isolde, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Isolde, 1895. Isolde, or Iseult, was the female protagonist of a medieval chivalric romance centered on an adulterous love triangle. First published in The Studio for October 1895

Circe (oil on paper laid down on canvas)
CH469046 Circe (oil on paper laid down on canvas) by Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Il Grechetto) (1609-64); 41.1x32.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

Study for The Magic Circle, 1886 (oil on canvas)
CH21743 Study for The Magic Circle, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917); 61.5x41.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Bachelorland: single man worried about his appearance (chromolitho)
5996136 Bachelorland: single man worried about his appearance (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bachelorland: single man worried about his appearance)

Acrasia, c. 1888 (oil and gold paint on canvas)
PNH366435 Acrasia, c.1888 (oil and gold paint on canvas) by Strudwick, John Melhuish (1849-1937); 70.5x56.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrasia)

Apothecarys shop, from Das Buch der Cirugia published Strasbourg
XJF397694 Apothecarys shop, from Das Buch der Cirugia published Strasbourg, 1497 (woodcut) by Brunschwig, Hieronymus (1450-c.1512); Private Collection; (add.info)

I have drink here worthier of a hero, said Sunbright with a smile
STC411967 I have drink here worthier of a hero, said Sunbright with a smile, illustration from Mrs Burton Harrisons Folk and Fairy Tales, 1885 (litho) by Crane

Teatro La Scala, Tristan And Isolde, By Wagner; The Enchantment Of Love (Act I') (colour litho)
2798385 Teatro La Scala, Tristan And Isolde, By Wagner; The Enchantment Of Love (Act I') (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Teatro La Scala)

Voyage De M Henri Coudreau (engraving)
2789142 Voyage De M Henri Coudreau (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Voyage De M Henri Coudreau. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 18 July 1886)

Juliet drinks the sleeping potion, 1900s (litho)
2920272 Juliet drinks the sleeping potion, 1900s (litho) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeares Heroines Ernest Nister 1900s Wal Paget (1863-1935)); British

Administering Medicinal Herbs, 1534 (woodcut)
NUL111375 Administering Medicinal Herbs, 1534 (woodcut) by Polish School, (16th century); 16x11 cm; Private Collection; Polish, out of copyright

Pharmaceutical jar for alkernes, from Rouen, c. 1770 (ceramic)
CHT236390 Pharmaceutical jar for alkernes, from Rouen, c.1770 (ceramic) by French School, (18th century); Faculte de Pharmacie, Paris

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"Unleashing the Power: A Journey through the World of Potions" Step into a realm where potions hold the key to unlocking extraordinary transformations. From Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's fateful elixir to Shakespeare's enchanting concoctions in "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " potions have long captured our imagination. In Goya's masterpiece, "Aguarda Que Te Unten, " we witness the dark allure of potions as they seduce us with their mysterious powers, while a Russian bottle of love medicine whispers promises of eternal devotion. Travel back in time to a bustling 19th-century chemist shop, where shelves lined with bottles reveal secrets waiting to be discovered, and is here that Romeo and Juliet sought solace from Friar Lawrence, who held within his hands the very potion that would seal their tragic fate. But not all potions bring despair; some offer hope and salvation. Against a vibrant yellow background lies an ominous bottle of poison, reminding us of its lethal potential. Yet alongside it stands a levitation spell, hinting at magic beyond our wildest dreams. Zooming in closer, we see drops falling delicately onto ancient Greek vases depicting Odysseus' encounter with Circe - proof that even heroes seek aid from mystical brews on their epic quests. And amidst these tales from history and literature emerges Dick Turpin, England's notorious highwayman whose daring escapades were fueled by potent mixtures hidden within small flasks strapped tightly against his chest, and are more than mere liquids; they embody stories untold and possibilities unexplored. They remind us that within every drop lies immense power - power to change destinies or unleash chaos upon unsuspecting souls. So let your curiosity guide you as you delve into this captivating world where alchemy meets artistry. Discover how one tiny vial can hold both life-altering elixirs and deadly poisons.