Illustrated Letter of Honour and Farewell to Doctor Alex Lewers, Creswick 1898
Including four vignettes of local buildings
Watercolour and ink
57.2 x 45.7 cm
To Alex Lewers Esq.
On the eve of your departure from Creswick - the executive of the
Medical Union - representing over four hundred members of the Friendly societies of this town having
had the honour of your professional services for a period of six years - desire to place on record
their high appreciation of the marked skill and ability you have always displayed, as well as the zeal
and attention ever enforced in the discharge of your onerous and responsible duties.
By your unvarying kindness, courteous demeanour, and tact you have merited the esteem and
respect of the whole of the members, between whom and yourself the relations throughout have been
of the most amicable and cordial character.
Although regretting your departure sincerely trust that with the blessing of Providence
upon the course you have decided on you may be spared to achieve yet higher distinction
in your honourable profession and thus be the means of further alleviating the condition
of suffering humanity. We are Dear Sir, yours very sincerely
William Hogg PresidentR. W. Kneale
Wm. P. Northcote TreasurerW. Sutcliffe
John BlameyB. T. Ward
Peter EllisGeo. Tait
Wm. KingGeo. Ward
James BunyanL. B. Elshavy Sen
Signed also initialled and dated below each vignette
Alexander Lewers 1877-1922 born Creswick
Worked and trained London and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Item #5869
Price: $4,500.00
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