Recherche dans la collection - The System of Medicine = Traité de Médecine Sir William Osler 1849 - 1919 [graphic material] / Designed by British American Bank Note Co. Ltd

Support covered with green cardboard frame mat ; black and white photo miniature (42 x 26 mm) laid down to l.r. of mat with typography layout : 6 cents ; mat and support have rectangular perforations at top edge ; typography layout : 6 cents.

A small watercolour detail depicting the medical symbol was originally attached to the main support to correct/change the original illustration ; the piece became unglued requiring conservation and has been hinged onto the original support to allow access to the original detail.

Design

Inscribed in black felt pen, recto [on the diagonal] on l.l. on mat : Sept 17 1968 / approved / for design / W. H. Wilson . ; verso stamped in red ink, c.: APPROVED / in pen and blue ink : O.K. to engrave . Oct. 22/68 / R B ; on label [upside-down] b. : in pen and faded black ink : (commissioned) ; 1 [encircled] / British American / Bank Note / Re'cd 8Aug\68. ; in pen and blue ink l.r.: CP138BA

Black and white photo miniature typographic layout : 5 cents (40 x 25 mm) [R169-635.14a] and paper note in typeset (85 x 216 mm) [R169-635.14b] are thought to have come loose from the work ; note refers to content being the 50th Anniversary of the death of Sir William Osler, and describes design concept as being vertical, based on a sketch by John Singer Sargent, with the overall pose taken from a photograph, and background suggesting a book and the words "The System of Medicine" referrring to the 7 volume Medical Encyclopedia that Osler edited from 1907 to 1910.