concept

Russo-Japanese War: soldiers bringing in the wounded to an open air Japanese field hospital. Wash drawing by G. Soper, 1904, after a photograph by J. Ruddiman Johnston.

Boer War: wounded soldiers lying inside a hospital train. Halftone, c.1900.

Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

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

Austro-Prussian War: the Prussian King William I visiting wounded soldiers lying in a barn. Lithograph after H. Jenny, ca. 1866.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale with her lamp at a patient's bedside. Colour lithograph, 1891, after H. Rae.

Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being lifted off a hospital ship and carried away on stretchers. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. de Haenen after J. Bruton.

Russo-Japanese War: wounded men in a tent at the depot hospital at Ting-chia-chuang, China. Collotype, c. 1905.

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

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Royal Naval armoured ambulance breakdown in the Caucasus. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

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.

The British Red Cross / Dermot Morrah ; with 4 plates in colour, 8 plates in sepia, and 10 illustrations in black & white.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're experiencing some technical problems in the library today. 

If you’re visiting us, you won’t be able to print or use our PCs or laptops. If you want to sign-up for a free library membership, we’ll give you a temporary card for today and complete your membership next time you visit.

You can access items from the collection as usual and our team is on hand to help. Thank you for your patience while we resolve these issues. 

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

War - Relief of sick and wounded

Images from the collections

Images about War - Relief of sick and wounded

Works from the collections

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Royal Naval armoured ambulance breakdown in the Caucasus. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

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.

The British Red Cross / Dermot Morrah ; with 4 plates in colour, 8 plates in sepia, and 10 illustrations in black & white.

War - Relief of sick and wounded

Images from the collections

Images about War - Relief of sick and wounded

Works from the collections

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Russo-Japanese War: a field hospital ward with an inspection of the first wounded Japanese to arrive home. Pen and ink drawing by D. Macpherson, 1904.

Royal Naval armoured ambulance breakdown in the Caucasus. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

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.

The British Red Cross / Dermot Morrah ; with 4 plates in colour, 8 plates in sepia, and 10 illustrations in black & white.

Related topics