Diplomas of honorary membership

Diplomas of honorary membership. The diplomas were issued to recipients likely to make a financial contribution to the Society. They are printed, with the name of the recipient and the date added in manuscript. The design by [James] George Oben portrays an arch bearing the date 1817, surmounted by the royal arms and decorated with the arms of honorary members. Through the arch a prospect of London is visible. In front of the arch is a statue of Jenner treading down a serpent representing smallpox. On the plinth are shown children receiving the benefit of vaccination originating from a cow. Some items bear paper seals showing Jenner between four cows, with St Paul's and a naval scene in the background.

Comprised of the following:

MS.5246/1: Mrs Barker, 17 May 1817

MS.5246/2: Sir Samuel Shepherd, 17 May 1817

MS.5246/3: William Thompson, 17 May 1817

MS.5246/4: Sir Thomas Williams, 17 May 1817

MS.5246/5: Thomas Bensley, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/6: W Bridgman, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/7: Samuel Comyn, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/8: Charles Alexander Craig, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/9: Major Dacre, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/10: Edward Macklew, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/11: John Matthie, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/12: Sir Thomas Preston, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/13: Henry Reay, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/14: James West, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/15: L P Wilson, 17 May 1820

MS.5246/16: Samuel Brooke, 17 May 1823

MS.5246/17: Revd Dr Gardner, 28 May 1825. With letter of presentation from Andrew Johnstone, sub-treasurer of the Society.

MS.5246/18: William Ansell, 15 June 1825

MS.5246/19: Alfred Ward, 5 June 1827

MS.5246/20: [name erased], 1829

MS.5246/21: John Watkins, 27 May 1830. With letter of presentation from Andrew Johnstone, sub-treasurer of the Society.

MS.5246/22: William George Pau, 13 January 1831

MS.5246/23: Hon Col Leicester Stanhope, 14 November 1834

MS.5246/24: Thomas Christie, 20 November 1834

MS.5246/25: Augustus Vigne, 30 June 1836

MS.5246/26: W H Whitbread, 30 March 1837

MS.5246/27: R H Jones, 13 June 1837

MS.5246/28: W H Talbot, 13 June 1837

MS.5246/29: H Broadley, 10 May 1838

1817-1838

29 items Various sizes (largest, probably as issued, 550 × 380 mm.).

Collected from various sources.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).