Appeal for funds for Guy's Hospital, London. Halftone and letterpress.

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[1936]
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47168i
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Appeal for funds for Guy's Hospital, London. Halftone and letterpress. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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At top, reproduction of part of painting by C.W. Cope showing Thomas Guy conferring with Dr Richard Mead and the architect Stear about the designs for Guy's Hospital

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[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1936]

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1 print : process print

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£500,000 urgently needed! ... Guy's Hospital a city of healing with an empty treasure chest The word "Guy's" is in gothic (blackletter) type to indicate its antiquity, while the fund-raising text is in sanserif type to indicate its modernity

Notes

On verso, account of proceedings against newspapers for contempt of court in the case of George Andrew McMahon, who was prosecuted for drawing a revolver on King Edward VIII in 1936

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Wellcome Collection 47168i

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