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Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: wounded Russian soldiers begging ambulance men to be taken away from the battlefield. Wood engraving.

Boer War: Red Cross ambulance cars at Pretoria station for the wounded Boers. Reproduction after a sketch by G. Soper after Leoff.

Franco-Prussian War: English ambulance services encamped outside the Park of St. Germain, Paris. Wood engraving.

Franco-Prussian War: ambulancemen collecting the wounded and dead at Champigné. Etching by A. Lançon, 1870.

Boer War: collecting the wounded from the battlefield using newly invented ambulance transport. Reproduction after a watercolour by F. Craig.

Boer War: British ambulance men taking the dead and wounded blindfolded behind enemy lines. Reproduction of a watercolour by F.J. Waugh, 1900.

Boer War: bringing the wounded down from Spion Kop. Process print after H.M. Paget after A.E.C..

Serbo-Turkish War: visiting a wounded friend in hospital. Wood engraving, 1876.

Boer War: nuns and a policeman taking down the Red Cross flag from the bomb damaged convent at Mafeking, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after S. Robinson.

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

Boer War: the work of the Red Cross and medical staff with coats of arms. Reproduction of watercolours after A. Stewart and J.J. Waugh and wood engraving by A.H. Fisher, 1900.

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Red cross (Symbol)

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Images about Red cross (Symbol)

Works from the collections

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

Boer War: the work of the Red Cross and medical staff with coats of arms. Reproduction of watercolours after A. Stewart and J.J. Waugh and wood engraving by A.H. Fisher, 1900.

Red cross (Symbol)

Images from the collections

Images about Red cross (Symbol)

Works from the collections

Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

Boer War: the work of the Red Cross and medical staff with coats of arms. Reproduction of watercolours after A. Stewart and J.J. Waugh and wood engraving by A.H. Fisher, 1900.

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