Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: wounded Russian soldiers begging ambulance men to be taken away from the battlefield. Wood engraving.

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

Franco-Prussian War: English ambulance services encamped outside the Park of St. Germain, Paris. Wood engraving.

Franco-Prussian War: ambulancemen collecting the wounded and dead at Champigné. Etching by A. Lançon, 1870.

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

Boer War: British ambulance men taking the dead and wounded blindfolded behind enemy lines. Reproduction of a watercolour by F.J. Waugh, 1900.

Boer War: bringing the wounded dwom from Spion Kop. Process print after H.M. Paget.

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Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

1 print : transfer lithograph, with watercolour ; border 23 x 16.4 cm

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

1 print : halftone<br/>1 print : wood engraving

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.

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Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

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.

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Boer War: first aid to the wounded on the battlefield at Colenso. Process print after J.J. Waugh.

Serbo-Bulgarian War: two sketches showing volunteers on their way to the front and hospital camp. Wood engraving by J. Nash.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.

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.

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