Places of Pharmacy
Discover the treasures of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s extraordinary collections..
‘The Pharmacist in hospital: the dispensary’, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1959
‘The Pharmacist in hospital: the dispensary’ shows four pharmacists working in the dispensary of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. The photograph was used in the ‘...
Apothecary, 1801
Copper engraving, hand coloured, entitled ‘Apothecary’. Artist and engraver unknown. Published by Tabart and Co. of London in 1801. The print provides an accurate depiction of ...
Bills of Mortality, London, 1665
‘London’s Dreadful Visitation Or, A Collection of All the Bills of Mortality for this Present Year; Beginning the 27th of December 1664, and ending the 19...
Brass Nuremberg nested cup weights, mid-1500s
This beautiful set of brass Nuremberg nested cup weights was probably made by Dietrich Hagen who worked in Nuremburg, Germany in the mid-1500s. The ...
Chemical Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, third floor, 17 Bloomsbury Square, 1883-1884
Mounted black and white albumen print by Martin & Sallnow, London. The photograph shows the Chemical Laboratory at the School of Pharmacy at the Pharmaceutical Society ...
Chemistry Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, 1883
Mounted. Black and white albumen print by Martin & Sallnow, London. Photograph showing the laboratory steward’s bench, and fume cupboard in the chemistry laboratory of ...
Chemists Shop Window, 1955
Black and white photograph of a chemist shop window. The photograph depicts a glass carboy in the window of Savory and Moore Ltd in Dorking. ...
Council chamber at 17 Bloomsbury Square, 1883-1884
Mounted black and white Albumen print; by Martin & Sallnow, London. This photograph shows the Council chamber that was located on the second floor of 17 Bloomsbury ...
Crest of the Society’s School of Pharmacy
Wooden plaque with crest depicting the coat of arms of the Society’s School of Pharmacy, granted to the school in 1950. The motto is ‘SALUTIFER ...
Dean & Co Chemist Advert, 2004
Colour photograph of painted advert for Dean & Co Chemist on the side of a 4-storey building. The photograph was taken from the opposite side of ...