Private room where people usually sleep for the night or relax during the day

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Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.

A young woman convalescing in her boudoir with a visiting couple, while her maid prepares her medicine. Reproduction of a coloured aquatint.

A young woman comes to visit a sick young man in hope that her love will cure him, surrounded by relatives. Line engraving by J. Goodyear after P.E. Destouches.

Two women read aloud and talk to each other, while a sick man listens in suffering silence. Line engraving.

A woman has just died: one man breaks the news to another. Wood engraving.

Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac, complaining of his ailments to his nurse. Pen and ink drawing by L. Frölich, 1859.

A young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are present. Coloured lithograph by Lafosse after P.-E. Destouches, ca. 1850/1879.

A girl making her confession to a monk from her sick bed. Lithograph by J. Woelfjle, after C. van Beveran.

Two hunters with hounds have entered a bedroom to summon another hunter whose wife does not want him to leave. Mezzotint, 17--.

Saint Ursula: she learns in a dream of her forthcoming martyrdom. Photogravure after D. Anderson after V. Carpaccio.

A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.

The German Hospital, Dalston: a room for a single patient, probably in the new wing (1936). Photograph.

Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

A pious son looks after his sick mother, a couple bring firewood. Mezzotint (?).

A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.

A sick person is being blessed by a priest while a beam of light from the sun shines through the clouds. Line engraving.

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Bedrooms

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Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

A pious son looks after his sick mother, a couple bring firewood. Mezzotint (?).

A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.

A sick person is being blessed by a priest while a beam of light from the sun shines through the clouds. Line engraving.

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Bedrooms

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Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

A pious son looks after his sick mother, a couple bring firewood. Mezzotint (?).

A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.

A sick person is being blessed by a priest while a beam of light from the sun shines through the clouds. Line engraving.

Find : ...for their piece of mind : enhancing environments for better care / Find Signage.

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