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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.

Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.

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.

Baillie Battery and Hospital: with soldiers parading the grounds. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after C.H. Mecham.

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

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.

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Walker, Edmund, 1813 or 1814-1882

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Baillie Battery and Hospital: with soldiers parading the grounds. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after C.H. Mecham.

Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.

Crimean War: soldiers collecting the wounded and dead from the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 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: Florence Nightingale at Scutari Hospital. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.