Scottish artist and war correspondent (1823-1899)

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

Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale assessing a ward at the military hospital in Scutari. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Simla and surrounding mountains in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, c. 1852.

Crimean War, Balaklava: embarkation of the sick. Tinted lithograph by F. Jones after W. Simpson.

Sassoon General Hospital, Poona, India: a queue of patients awaiting treatment. Wood engraving by C. Roberts after W. Simpson.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Crimean War: cityscape view of hospital and cemetary at Scutari. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Crimean War, Balaklava: embarkation of the sick. Coloured lithograph by E. Morin, 1855, after W. Simpson.

Crimean War, Balaklava: graves at the harbour. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.

Seated holy man with figures, Amritsar, Punjab. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1864.

The orphanage and asylum for the idiot children, Baldovan, Forfarshire. Lithograph by W. Simpson.

Crimean War: soldiers collecting the wounded and dead from the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Visions of India : the sketchbooks of William Simpson, 1859-1862 / Mildred Archer ; introduction by Paul Theroux.

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William Simpson

Images from the collections

Images by William Simpson

Works from the collections

Seated holy man with figures, Amritsar, Punjab. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1864.

The orphanage and asylum for the idiot children, Baldovan, Forfarshire. Lithograph by W. Simpson.

Simla and surrounding mountains in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, c. 1852.

Crimean War: soldiers collecting the wounded and dead from the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Visions of India : the sketchbooks of William Simpson, 1859-1862 / Mildred Archer ; introduction by Paul Theroux.

Frequent collaborators

William Simpson

Images from the collections

Images by William Simpson

Works from the collections

Seated holy man with figures, Amritsar, Punjab. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, 1864.

The orphanage and asylum for the idiot children, Baldovan, Forfarshire. Lithograph by W. Simpson.

Simla and surrounding mountains in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh. Chromolithograph by William Simpson, c. 1852.

Crimean War: soldiers collecting the wounded and dead from the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.

Visions of India : the sketchbooks of William Simpson, 1859-1862 / Mildred Archer ; introduction by Paul Theroux.

Frequent collaborators

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