M0000369: First page of a letter written by Florence Nightingale, 5 July 1856

Previous title, replaced May 2020: First page of a letter written by Florence Nightingale

First page of a letter written 5th July 1856 by Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) British nurse and statistician, to Sir William Linton (1801-1880), British army physician. The items were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1935 (accession numbers 66741 and 68015). Related images: M0000370, M0013737, M0013738

1929

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: MS.5482/1-23

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.