Album relating to Florence Nightingale and to her service in the Crimea

Album relating to Florence Nightingale and to her service in the Crimea, containing newscuttings; letters from Florence Nightingale, W E Nightingale, Parthenope Nightingale (afterwards Veney), C H Bracebridge and others, drawings, photographs; and ephemera. Included are printed illustrations and a plan of Scutari Hospital, and portrait photographs, drawings and prints of Florence Nightingale.

1854-1860

1 volume Partly printed. Partly copies. 1 volume: 372 × 275 mm., 42 ff. Original leather and cloth binding.

Puttick & Simpson's 4 Dec. 1929, lot 259.

The compiler is identified on f. 4v. as Mrs Shore, possibly a relative of Florence Nightingale.

Database description transcribed from Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

A digitised copy of the album is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Florence Nightingale Digitisation Project. A number of colour photos taken from this manuscript are available from Wellcome Images: f.4v-5 Cutting of a drawing of barracks at Scutari, c.1854/1855, L0030575C & L0030576C f.11v Cutting of a drawing of 'Miss Nightingale, the hospital at Scutari', c.1855, L0030577C f.13 Plan of the barrack hospital, c.1855, L0030578C f.19v Cutting of a drawing of 'Miss Nightingale visiting the hut hospitals at Balaclava', L0030579C f.20v Cutting 'The Nightingale in the East', c.1855, L0030580C f.37 The Illustrated Times, with a picture of Florence Nightingale on the front, 2 Feb 1856, L00305