Sketches by Joseph Jackson Lister: An 1817 Journey Across Europe
Joseph Jackson Lister / Hulton Archive, Getty Images By Dr. Chris Hilton / 10.21.2016 Former Senior Archivist Wellcome Library Two hundred years ago, an English businessman waited nervously at Dover, about to take a leap into the unknown. In July 1817, at the age of 31, Joseph Jackson Lister – a wine merchant and, in his spare[…]