De re metallica posters & prints

Illustration from De re metallica libri XII by Georgius Agricola, 1556 Anonymous

Illustration from De re metallica libri XII by Georgius Agricola, 1556 Anonymous

Prospecting for metals Anonymous

Producing salt by evaporating sea water in salt pans, 1556 Unknown

Lead smelting, 1556 Unknown

Evaporating sea water in iron pots to obtain salt, 1556 Unknown

Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace, 1556 Unknown

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist Unknown

Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal, 1556 Unknown

Smelting of ores (gold, silver, copper and lead), 1556 Unknown

Making and using elm tree pumps to drain mines before the days of the steam engine Anonymous

Blast furnace for smelting iron ore, 1556 Unknown

Stamping and roasting ore to extract metal, 1556 Unknown

Metallica on stage, 1992 Nigel Wright

Stamp for breaking copper cupellation cakes for further refining, 1556 Unknown

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring to obtain salt, 1556 Unknown

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Metallica on stage, 1992 Nigel Wright

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

The Lifting of the Siege of the Ile de Re, 8th November 1627 French School

Metallica, 1992 Steve Murphy

Metallica on stage, 1992 Nigel Wright

Cobalt Johann Sebastian Leitner

Plan of the town and the citadel of Saint-Martin-de-Re, Ile de Re French School

Siege of Ile de Re with the representation of the Royal army, 1622 French School

The Siege of the Citadel of Saint-Martin-de-Re in 1627, 1628-31 Jacques Callot

Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of l'Ile de Re, c.1628 Jacques Callot

The Lifting of the Siege of the Ile de Re, 8th November 1627 French School

A Man loading a cannon French School

Ms. 988, Tome 3, fol. 39 Map of the town and citadel of Saint-Martin, Ile de Ré Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Re on 27th October 1622, Ile de Re French School

Crude white silver Johann Michael Seligmann