M0001651: Reproduction of a copper tablet recording the stone laid by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) in the Chelsea Physic Garden, London

Black and white reproduction decribed as a "copper tablet recording "Stone laid by ye hands of S[i]r Hans Slo[a]ne. Donor of this garden" to perpetuity for the improvement of useful knowledge. Aug[ust] 12th 1732" in the exhibition catalogue for Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930, an exhibition hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The item is listed as exhibit no. 451 in the souvenir catalogue, and was lent by Society of Apothecaries of London.

06 February 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a digitised version of the exhibition catalogue which this item was exhibited in

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.