Trade card for Hingston and Company, chemist and druggist, England, 1802-1838

Trade card for Hingston and Company, chemist and druggist Trade card for Hingston and Company, chemist and druggist, England, 1802-1838 Trade card: Hingston & Comp

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Trade card for Hingston and Company, chemist and druggist
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Trade card: Hingston & Comp
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Trade card: Hingston & Comp.y, opposite the Assembly Rooms, removed to 98 High Street, Cheltenham. Chemists and Druggists. copper plate engraving printed by S. Y. Griffith & Co. 215x132mm

Trade cards were used as advertisements but also as receipts. This trade card is for a chemist and druggist based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, who prepared prescriptions with ingredients from a trustworthy source, the Apothecaries Hall. The image shows a bearded man and a snake coiled around a staff. This is a symbol of medicine and is associated with the Greek god of healing, Asklepios. “Hingston and Company” may refer to Andrew Hingston, a chemist and druggist based in Cheltenham, who went bankrupt on 4 May 1838.

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1985-1129/6
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 312 mm x 215 mm
trade card: 100 mm x 68 mm
type:
trade card
credit:
Delehar, P.