Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Watercolour by H. Paget after H. McCormick, 1899.

1899

1 painting : watercolour, in grisaille, with white gouache, on board ; image 17.1 x 25.3 cm

HMP Lettering handwritten in pencil on verso: The graphic ; <- 9"-> ; Thursday 3 o/c Rubber stamp on verso: -9 Dec 99 A cutting of the lettering which accompanied the published image is glued to the verso: A church in Ladysmith used as a hospital ; owing to the Field Hospital being crowded, the local churches of various denominations at Ladysmith have been placed at the disposal of the military authorities for the accommodation of the wounded

For a print after this painting, see record number 23515i in this catalogue

Wellcome Collection 567965i