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Description: | Edgar Fincham's detailed etching records the paved Georgian courtyard and hall of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in Blackfriars Lane. Fincham completed this work at the age of 70, just before his death.
The Apothecaries' Society received its first royal charter in 1617, which protected and regulated the prescription, preparation and dispensing of medicines. Former members include Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the poet John Keats.
By the end of the 20th century, most of the society's members were physicians or surgeons. It continues to license doctors as it has done since 1815. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Digital image Museum of London | Subjects: | work Cityscape Art and Design | Temporal: | 1963 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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