Framed photograph of Florence Nightingale

Photograph of Florence Nightingale, touched up in colour, in gilded wooden frame

In late 1854, following reports about the dreadful conditions and lack of medical supplies affecting injured soldiers fighting the Crimean War, Nightingale was invited by the Secretary of War to oversee the introduction of female nurses into military hospitals in Turkey. Formulating her own theories around infection, Nightingale worked to drastically reduce the numbers of soldiers dying from illnesses such as typhus, caused by poor standards of cleanliness.

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Category:: Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A661274

Materials:: photograph, paper, photograph, glass and frame, wood

Measurements:: overall: 67 mm x 222 mm x 241 mm, .98kg

type:: framed photograph

credit:: Steven's

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Photograph of Florence Nightingale, United Kingdom, 1850-1910

Photograph of Florence Nightingale, touched up in colour

Originally in black and white, this photograph of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) has been tinted using watercolours. Nightingale is remembered for the radical changes she brought to nursing after her visits to field hospitals during the Crimean War (1853-56).