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Title William Ewart Gladstone, with a letter of thanks from him to Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1893.
Imprint London (69 Fore Street) : Published by Mead and Co.


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Physical description 1 print : wood engraving, printed on sycamore wood
Lettering Printed on sycamore wood felled by the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P.
Lettering note Facsimile of letter with text as follows: "March 17, 1893. 10, Downing Street, Whitehall. Gentlemen, I beg to return my grateful thanks to the workmen in your employ who have had the goodness to present me with a case of compound drugs; and to express my sense of the kindness of the letter which accompanied their elegant and useful gift. I am, gentlemen, your faithful servant, W.E. Gladstone. [To] Messrs Burroughs, Wellcome & Co."
Printed in red below facsimile; "The above is a fac-simile of the acknowledgment by Mr Gladstone of a medicine chest fitted with "Tabloids" of compressed drugs which was presented to him by about 250 of the employees of Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., London"
Cite as Wellcome Library no. 525638i
Author, etc. Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Burroughs Wellcome and Company.
Subject name Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Burroughs Wellcome and Company.
Genre/Technique Wood engravings.
Portrait prints.
Novelty works.
Facsimiles.
Copy photo no. M 8363
System no. .b15256388
Record no. 525638i
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