The Dutch chymist [graphic]

In a chemist's workshop, a man sits at a table made of a slab of wood placed over a brick structure, as he mixs the contents of a pot placed on a burner. A large mortar with pestle and a couple of glass bottles stand next to the burner. To his left, a young man with a hat covering part of his face is reading aloud from a sheet of paper while a third man, in a tall hat, is looking over his shoulder