Pharmaceutical bill-head for the Pharmacie Centrale de France showing personifications of commerce (left) and pharmacy (right). Steel engraving.
- Date:
- 1800-1899
- Reference:
- 577332i
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Previous title, replaced August 2023 : Pharmaceutical bill-head for the Pharmacie Centrale de France showing two classical figures and two putti under a classical arch. Etching by Dorvault after Menier, 1852.
Description
The names commemorate Jean Antoine Brutus Menier (1795-1853), founder of a pharmaceutical company in 1816 and subsequently a chocolate company, and François Laurent Marie Dorvault (1815-1879) who founded the Pharmacie Centrale de France (PCF) in 1852, which combined the pharmaceutical activities of Menier and Dorvault. Above the personifications is an arch at the centre of which are the intertwined initials PC (for Pharmacie Centrale) and examples of materia medica (minerals, herbs etc.)
Publication/Creation
1800-1899
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 18.9 x 25.7 cm
Lettering
Pharmacie Centrale de France et Maison Menier réunies. PC. Menier 1816 ; Dorvault 1852
Reference
Wellcome Collection 577332i
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