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World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

Russo-Japanese War: soldiers bringing in the wounded to an open air Japanese field hospital. Wash drawing by G. Soper, 1904, after a photograph by J. Ruddiman Johnston.

A man in the Congo is being carried in a litter by four other men travelling in a party. Engraving, 17989

World War I: stretcher bearers of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) lifting a wounded man out of a trench. Oil painting by Gilbert Rogers, ca. 1919.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

Indian men carrying a European officer in a palanquin. Gouache by an Indian artist.

A physician holds up a glass of urine in a hospital. Pen drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

Franco-Prussian War: French wounded being treated at Metz. Wood engraving by J.W.B.

Crimean War: removal of wounded soldiers with two small illustrations in the border. Line engraving by G. Greatbach after R. Hind.

<p>Presumably an episode in the Napoleonic Wars, of which Lecomte made many depictions. In the background is a large city</p>

Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

1 print : engraving ; image 14.9 x 18.2 cm

A European man in the East Indies is lying in a litter with a roof as he is being carried by four men. Engraving by Walker after Walker, 17--.

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

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; image 9.8 x 14.3 cm

Patient being carried to Boston General hospital on a stretcher. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after R. Goodarce.

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Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

A European man in the East Indies is lying in a litter with a roof as he is being carried by four men. Engraving by Walker after Walker, 17--.

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

Patient being carried to Boston General hospital on a stretcher. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after R. Goodarce.

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Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.

A horse-drawn military ambulance, c. 1850, with one patient being carried on a stretcher. Coloured pencil drawing.

A European man in the East Indies is lying in a litter with a roof as he is being carried by four men. Engraving by Walker after Walker, 17--.

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

Patient being carried to Boston General hospital on a stretcher. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after R. Goodarce.

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