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William Small

(1843 - 1929) British watercolorist and illustrator (1843–1929)

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Images from the collections

Images by William Small

8 images from works
  • A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.
  • A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.
  • The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.
  • Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.
  • China: a litter or palanquin carrying a woman is being transported by two mules across a stream in a rocky pass. Wood engraving by E. Froment after W. Small.
  • Doctors at work during a storm on a battlefield at Sinankeui, China. Wood engraving after W. Small.
  • Boer War: the deck of a homeward-bound hospital ship about to depart, with two wounded soldiers shaking hands. Gouache painting by W. Small, c. 1900, after D. Gunn.
  • Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

Works from the collections

9 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

    Gray, John Alfred | Reference: 16767i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.

    William Small | Date: 1899 | Reference: 574966i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.

    William Small | Date: [1874] | Reference: 41364i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.

    William Small | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23558i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

    William Small | Date: 1898 | Reference: 22207i
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Related topics

Soldiers
South African War, 1899-1902
War victims
War - Relief of sick and wounded

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