Library of Congress 10 1st Street, S.E Second Floor, West Corridor Washington District of Columbia 20540
Notes:
Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 118-120.
Summary:
A female figure stands with one foot on a piece of chemical equipment. She holds a glass retort and pours liquid. A mouth of a serpent emerges from the resulting vapors. The serpent is coiled around an hourglass.