This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Alchemist at work. 18th-century artwork of an alchemist (right) working at a furnace in his laboratory. At left, a woman is tending to her baby and child, while a man on the stairs watches an assistant reaching into a cupboard. This engraving, published in Paris, is by French artist Pierre Chenu, after the Dutch painter Thomas Wijck (1616-1677).
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