[Florence Nightingale at Scutari, 1854, 2]

[Florence Nightingale at Scutari, 1854, 2]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
British Red Cross Society. Scottish Branch.
Publication:
[Glasgow] : Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society, [between 1900 and 1950]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Crimean War
Hospitals, Military -- history
Military Nursing -- history
Turkey
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a black and white reproduction of "The mission of mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the wounded at Scutari" painted by Jerry Barrett in 1857. In the scene, Florence Nightingale is receiving the sick and wounded at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari after the Battle of Inkermann in 1854. One soldier is on the ground and a woman is handing him a drink, surrounded by other wounded soldiers, some natives and some women. Nightingale is standing immediately beneath the window.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101677490 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
946103978
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101677490