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Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
- Begg, Samuel, active 1886-1900.
- Date
- [31 March 1900]
- Reference
- 23842i
- Pictures
- Online
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Credit: Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
In the print the queen is attended by Princess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Sir Arthur Bigge, private secretary, Lady Antrim and Miss Emily Lock
Publication/Creation
[London] : The illustrated London news, [31 March 1900]
Physical description
1 print : halftone ; image 31.5 x 23.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
The Queen visiting the wounded at the Herbert hospital, Woowich, on March 22. The Transvaal war, 1899-1900. ; S. Begg
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 23842i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Subjects
- South African War, 1899-1902Hospitals
- Military hospitals
- Disabled veterans
- War victims
- Wheelchairs
- Flowers
- Visiting the sick
- Nurses
- Hospital beds
- Kings and rulers
- Princes
- Princesses
- Queens
- Royal houses
- Patients
- Convalescence
- Woolwich (London, England)
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
- Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 1846-1923.
- Victoria, Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, 1840-1901.
- Herbert Hospital (Woolwich, London, England)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores