Crimean War: women nurses tending wounded soldiers as "woman's mission". Coloured lithograph by J.A. Vinter, 1854, after H. Barraud.
- Barraud, Henry, 1811-1874.
- Date:
- 6 December 1854
- Reference:
- 24314i
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On the left a Sister of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul is nursing a Turkish soldier, in the presence of a French officer. On the right two women in secular dress care for a European (British?) soldier, who gazes at one of them with a feeling expression
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London (191 Regent Street) : Rudolph Ackermann, 6 December 1854 ([London?] : Day & Son, lithrs. to the Queen.)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour
Lettering
Woman's mission. ; Painted by Henry Barraud. - J.A. Vinter lith.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 24314i
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