Military conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856

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Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and Mr Bracebridge at Cathcart's Hill burial ground. Tinted lithograph after W. Simpson.

Crimean War: ambulance men collecting the wounded after the Battle of Inkermann. Wood engraving.

Crimean War, England: receiving lint to be sent to Scutari. Wood engraving by LEA. W.

Crimean War: cityscape view showing the barracks and hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving.

Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: burial ground. Process print.

Crimean War, England: Crimean Inquiry of the Earl of Lucan. Wood engraving.

Crimean War: a guardian angel appearing to a widow mourning the death of her husband on the battlefield. Coloured aquatint by J. Harris, 1856, after O. Norie and W. Bullock Webster.

Crimean War: removal of wounded soldiers with two small illustrations in the border. Line engraving by G. Greatbach after R. Hind.

Crimean War: drying closet as used by Scutari Hospital. Wood engraving.

Florence Nightingale. Coloured mezzotint by C.A.Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.

Crimean War, England: caricature possibly a play on class and language or corruption within the Crimean Fund Office connected with Florence Nightingale. Wood engraving by N.

Crimean War: aerial view of the general hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood.

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, with the evidence annexed.

Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.

Relation médico-chirurgicale del la campagne d'Orient du 31 mars 1854, occupation de Gallipoli, au 6 juillet 1856, évacuation de la Crimée / [G. Scrive].

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Crimean War

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Images referencing Crimean War

Works from the collections

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, with the evidence annexed.

Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.

Relation médico-chirurgicale del la campagne d'Orient du 31 mars 1854, occupation de Gallipoli, au 6 juillet 1856, évacuation de la Crimée / [G. Scrive].

Crimean War

Images from the collections

Images referencing Crimean War

Works from the collections

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea, with the evidence annexed.

Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.

Relation médico-chirurgicale del la campagne d'Orient du 31 mars 1854, occupation de Gallipoli, au 6 juillet 1856, évacuation de la Crimée / [G. Scrive].

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