World War I: Trinity College Cambridge, Neville's Court, occupied by wards of the 1st Eastern General Hospital. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery, 1914.

  • Spradbery, Walter Ernest, 1889-1969.
Date:
1914
Reference:
47358i
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1st Eastern General Hospital was established in Trinity College Cambridge in September 1914. Beds were placed around the cloisters of Neville's Court in a temporary arrangement. Later a large hut hospital was built on the football pitches situated where Cambridge University Library now stands (exhibition in Cambridge City Libraries, 1999)

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1914

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1 painting : watercolour ; sight 43.7 x 54.3 cm

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Walter E. Spradbery.

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Wellcome Collection 47358i

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