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101 Oedipus and Sphinx 17th Cent engraving - painted by Adam McLean From frontispiece to J. J. Becher 'Institutiones chimicae prodromae', Frankfurt, 1664. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2007. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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102 Alchemist's furnace from 17th Cent manuscript - painted by Adam McLean Thomas Charnock's furnace from a manuscript, 16th century. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2006. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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103 Complex distillation train from 17th Cent engraving - painted by Adam McLean From a woodcut in Libavius 'Syntagma selectorum' Frankfurt, 1611. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2003. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.,
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104 Arabic astronomers from a 16th Century woodcut - painted by Adam McLean Arabic astronomers taken from Macrobius 'In somnium Scipionis', Venice, 1513. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2009. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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105 Constellation of the twins from a 17th Cent engraving - painted by Adam McLean Constellation the the twins from a 17th Cent engraving. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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106 Cauda and Caput Draconis from a 17th Cent engraving - painted by Adam McLean Hanns Singrieners 'Voegelin Practik' Vienna, 1154. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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107 Witch and demon on broomstick from a 16th Cent woodcut - painted by Adam McLean From woodcut in Ulrich Molitor, 'Hexen Meyesterey', 1542. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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108 Shepherd under the Stars from a 15th Cent woodcut - painted by Adam McLean From woodcut in 'Icy est le Compost', 1493. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2003. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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109 Jupiter as ruler of planetary spheres 15th Cent woodcut - painted by Adam McLean From image of Jupiter as ruler of planetary spheres in a 15th Cent woodcut. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2003. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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110 Goddess with armillary sphere 16th Cent woodcut - painted by Adam McLean From a woodcut in 'Urania che sostiene l'Universo', Nuremberg, 1503. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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111 Astronomer - from a 16th century woodcut - painting by Adam McLean Astronomer from a 16th century woodcut. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2003. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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112 Astronomers - from a 16th century woodcut - painting by Adam McLean From an engraving by Hans Brosamer on title page of Peter Apian, 'Folium Populi', 1533. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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113 Astronomical armillary sphere - from 16th cent woodcut - painting by Adam McLean Astronomical armillary sphere - from 16th cent woodcut. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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114 Planetary spheres - from 16th cent woodcut - painting by Adam McLean Planetary spheres - from a 16th century woodcut. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2010. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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115 Alchemist sowing seeds of gold - from 16th cent woodcut- painting by Adam McLean From the frontispiece engraving from David Beuther 'Universal und Particularia', Hamburg, 1718. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2004. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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116 Chronos as an Angel - from 16th cent woodcut- painting by Adam McLean From the woodcut 'Chronos as an Angel' in Stephen Hawes, 'The Pastyme of Pleasure', 1509. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2006. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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117 Alchemical conjunction - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by signed and tracked mail.
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118 Alchemical putrefaction - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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119 Four grades of fire in alchemy - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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120 Triple headed ouroboros - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 1987. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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121 Choir of the planets - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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122 Sun and Moon warmed at fire - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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123 Alchemical separation - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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124 Sowing seeds of Sun and Moon - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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125 Alchemical multiplication - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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126 Alchemical exaltation - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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127 Alchemical gold - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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128 Nurturing the alchemical child - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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129 Mercury and lion tend furnace - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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130 Alchemical birds double flask - from 17th cent engraving - painting by Adam McLean From the engraving in Mylius, 'Philosophia reformata', 1622. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2001. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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131 Alchemist in laboratory from engraving by E. van Hove - painted by Adam McLean Alchemist in his laboratory from engraving by E. van Hove, 'Der Alchemist', 1883. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, larger size, 12 by 10 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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132 Alchemical tree, from frontispiece to Baro Urbigerus - painted by Adam McLean Alchemical tree, from frontispiece from Baro Urbigerus, 'Aphorismi Urbigerani', London, 1690. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 1998. Framed painting, larger size, 12 by 10 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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133 Dowsing for Metals - from a 16th century woodcut - painting by Adam McLean Dowsers searching for metal from a 16th century woodcut in Agrippa 'De re metallica', Basle, 1556. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2005. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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134 Astrologer or astronomer from a 16th century woodcut - painting by Adam McLean Woodcut on title page of 'Messahalah de scientia motus orbis', Nuremberg, 1504. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2008. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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135 Redrawn from 14th cent ms of Al-Razi Opera Medicinalia - painted by Adam McLean Redrawn from 14th cent Manuscript of Al-Razi Opera Medicinalia - painted by Adam McLean Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 1986. Framed painting, larger size, 12 by 10 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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136 Alchemist discuss in laboratory from 17th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean Three alchemists discuss the alchemical work being performed by an assistant, perhaps a Vulcan figure. Taken from an engraving on the titlepage of Michael Maier, Tripus aureus, 1618. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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137 Basil Valentine from 17th Century engraving - painted by Adam McLean Basil Valentine shown in his laboratory, surrounded by alchemical symbolism and apparatus. Engraving on title page of Basil Valentine 'Revelation des mysteres', Paris, 1668. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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138 Calcination of antimony by sunlight from 17th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean Alchemist heats antimony using sunlight focused through a lens. Taken from an engraving by Abraham Bosse 'La calcination Solaire de l'antimoine' (Calcination of antimony by sunlight.) Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2003. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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139 Salamander in the fire from 17th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean A salamander being held in the fire of transformation by an alchemist. Taken from an engraving, Emblem 10, from the Book of Lambspring, in 'Museum Hermeticum', 1625. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 1999. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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140 Witches creating a spell, from 16th Century woodcut - painted by Adam McLean Witches creating a spell. From a woodcut in Reinhard Lutz, , 'Warhafftige Zeitung von den gottlosen Hexen', 1571. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2017. Used as an illustration in his 'The Witch Figure' book and included in his exhibition in May-June 2017. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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141 Witch and demon on horseback, from 16th Century woodcut - painted by Adam McLean Witch being carried off on horseback by a demon. From a woodcut in Olaus Magnus, 'Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus', Rome, 1555. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2017. Used as an illustration in his 'The Witch Figure' book and included in his exhibition in May-June 2017. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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142 Crucified alchemical serpent from a 18th Cent engraving - painted by Adam McLean Crucified alchemical serpent. Taken from an engraving, emblem 2, from Abraham Eleazar, 'Uraltes chymisches Werck', 1735. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by signed and tracked mail.
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143 Alchemical dragons under a hill from a 18th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean Winged dragons assault a hill bearing a triple blossomed plant. Taken from an engraving, emblem 6, from Abraham Eleazar, 'Uraltes chymisches Werck', 1735. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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144 Alchemical furnace and flasks from 16th-cent woodcut - painted by Adam McLean Alchemy. Woodcut from 'The Works of Geber Englished' by Richard Russell, London, 1678. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2004. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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145 Massacre of alchemical innocents from 18th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean The allegory of the massacre of the alchemical innocents. Taken from an engraving, emblem 7, from Abraham Eleazar, 'Uraltes chymisches Werck', 1735. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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146 Salamander living in blazing fire from 17th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean From Emblem in George Withers 'A Collection of Emblems, Ancient and Modern', 1635. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2004. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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147 Alchemical shield bearing emblems from 17th C engraving - painted by Adam McLean Alchemical shield with the motto 'All things are in them and from them', bearing the planetary metals and other alchemical symbols. Taken from an engraving in Jean Brouaut, 'Traite de l'eau de vie', 1646. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail
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148 Four elements and their qualities from 16th Century woodcut - painted by Adam McLean The four elements and the four qualities, hot dry, humid and cold. Woodcut from Petrus Bonus, 'Pretiosa margarita novella', Venice, 1546 Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2000. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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149 Adam and Eve with serpent and skeleton 16th Century engraving - painted by Adam McLean Adam and Eve. From an engraving by Jost Amman in Jacob Rueff 'De conceptu et generatione hominis', Frankfurt, 1587. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2009. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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150 Astronomer with celestial globe 16th C woodcut - painted by Adam McLean Woodcut of Astronomer with celestial globe. From Jost Amman and Hans Sachs 'Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stande auff Erden', Frankfurt, 1568. Coloured using watercolours by Adam McLean in 2011. Framed painting, 9 by 7 inches, sent well packaged by tracked mail.
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