Etched interior of an 18th-century chemical laboratory with shelves of flasks, furnaces, workers at benches and a woman in a long dress at right.

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey, etching after Gravelot

A wide etched interior shows an 18th-century chemical laboratory with shelves of glass flasks, bottles and jars along the walls and ceiling. Robed figures work at a central bench and furnaces, while a woman in a long dress stands at right beside a stacked cabinet of drawers.

Artist: Hubert-François Gravelot
Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]
Medium: Etchings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 1609 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1749.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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