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GRENFELL, Sir WILFRED T. Reproduction of a color oil portrait inscribed and signed ("Wilfred Grenfell"). N.p., n.d. 245 x 197 mm. (9¾ x 7¾ in.) including mount. A standing half-length portrait aboard the Strathcona, inscribed on the mount: "With best wishes Wilfred T. Grenfell."
English physician and missionary, Grenfell (1865-1940) fitted out first hospital ship to serve fishermen in the North Sea. He cruised annually in hospital the steamer Strathcona II along Newfoundland and Labrador coasts, keeping in touch with mission stations.
English physician and missionary, Grenfell (1865-1940) fitted out first hospital ship to serve fishermen in the North Sea. He cruised annually in hospital the steamer Strathcona II along Newfoundland and Labrador coasts, keeping in touch with mission stations.