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The drug Thalidomide was responsible for the irreversible deformity of limbs and organs in unborn babies conceived between 1959 and 1961. Almost 20 years later some victims were still fighting for compensation from the manufacturers, The Distillers Company, whose profits were soaring. The Company possessed a royal warrant, which meant it could display a coat of arms on its products that advertised the fact that the royal family patronised it. The Queen Mother was Chancellor of University College, London. Atkinson was commissioned to produce a print for a portfolio to be presented to her on the occasion of the College's 150th Anniversary. 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