M0011716: Holograph letter from Edward Jenner to Mrs Black, 1806

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Holograph letter of Edward jenner to Mrs. Black

Letter from Edward Jenner giving news of a Parliamentary grant of £20,000 to license his vaccine discovery. The letter was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R4715).

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R4715 (image 326)

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 2021.

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