Study for The Dead Alchemist

• Artist: Elihu Vedder
• Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on composition board
• Dates: 1866
• Dimensions: Frame: 12 1/2 x 15 in. (31.8 x 38.1 cm) 6 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (15.7 x 21.6 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower left: "Copyright 1899 by E. Vedder"
• Inscriptions: Inscribed on mounting verso: "'The Dead Alchemist'/ Paris Feb 1866/ signed on back of/ canvas-- 'Elihu Vedder'/ re-mounted in 1929 by/ GRBarse N.A."
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 16, SCR L
• Accession Number: 84.15
• Image: 84.15_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,