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  • Boer War: an elderly woman sitting outside with her son who is a patient at Netley Hospital. Halftone after a photograph.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: charitable ladies visiting hospital patients with gifts of cigarettes and cakes. Coloured lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • Austro-Prussian War: the Prussian King William I visiting wounded soldiers lying in a barn. Lithograph after H. Jenny, ca. 1866.
  • Boer War: a busy hospital ward on St. Patrick's day with a wounded Irishman being offered shamrock by a visiting lady. Process print after R. Macbeth after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
  • Boer War: a busy street scene with gracious ladies offering food, drink and assistance to wounded soldiers. Process print after C. Shepperson after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
  • The Evelina Hospital, Southwark: the Prince and Princess of Wales visiting a small child. Process print by R. Taylor, 1891, after T. Walter Wilson.
  • A nurse, with activities performed by nurses. Colour lithograph by G. Hazan.
  • A nurse, with activities performed by nurses. Colour lithograph by G. Hazan.
  • Her Majesty Queen Victoria and entourage visiting soldiers wounded during the Boer War, in a ward at Netley Hospital. Pen and ink drawing by J. Duncan, c. 1900, after F. C. Dickinson.
  • Interior of a hospital with a woman washing a man's feet. Oil painting.
  • Interior of a hospital with a woman washing a man's feet. Oil painting.
  • Queen Victoria with her entourage visiting invalided soldiers at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • Queen Victoria with her entourage visiting invalided soldiers at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • The works of mercy. Drawing by C. Groeneveld, 1808.
  • A young woman being visited by a member of the clergy while another woman cries beside her. Line engraving, 1813.
  • A woman weeping over her dead lover. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • People crowd around a dying person's bed in grief while final rites are being read. Stipple engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after R. Westall.
  • Three people praying around the bed of a sick man, one is a priest. Line engraving by I. Taylor.
  • Three kneeling figures pray for a sick man. Etching by James Taylor, 17--.
  • A hospital ward showing sick patients being tended to by medical staff, after a quote from the Bible (Matt. 25.36). Line engraving by C. Galle.
  • An operator making an incision behind the ear of a seated patient, two assistants restraining the patient, and six other people in the room. Oil painting attributed to Joachim van den Heuvel, 163-.
  • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: laying of the foundation stone by the Prince of Wales, 1870. Coloured lithograph.
  • Two women comforting a boy while a monk sits beside in despair. Wood engraving after Jessie MacGregor, 1872.
  • Electrical appliances exhibited at the 1882 Electrical Exhibition, including chandeliers and the first telegraph instrument. Wood engraving, 1882.