Russo-Turkish War: a wounded Turkish soldiers is brought to two doctors wearing the Red Crescent; a nurse is giving some water to another wounded man; a makeshift hospital in the background. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts after J.E. Hodgson, ca. 1877.

  • Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895.
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[1877?]
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572675i
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Russo-Turkish War: a wounded Turkish soldiers is brought to two doctors wearing the Red Crescent; a nurse is giving some water to another wounded man; a makeshift hospital in the background. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts after J.E. Hodgson, ca. 1877. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Red Crescent device was adopted in the Russo-Turkish War, as the Ottoman army did not wish to use the Red Cross device, owing to its Christian connotations

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1877?]

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 30 x 50 cm

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With the Turks -- the Red Crescent at work. C. Roberts sc. JEH

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Wellcome Collection 572675i

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