The Chemistry of Bathing, "A Harlot's Progress"

Emory students Courtney Von Stein and Eveleigh Wagner worked with paper conservator Elizabeth Schulte at the Michael C. Carlos Museum to clean a series of six engravings titled "A Harlot's Progress" by William Hogarth. The bathing procedure illustrates fundamental chemistry concepts such as pH, diffusion and Le Chatelier's Principle.

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Very useful. Thanks.

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Interesting, i wonder if the medium used to create a painting also edits the Ph of the substrate.