Ashanti War, Ghana, 1874: two wounded British soldiers relaxing in a mesh-walled room attached to the outside of the Hospital Ship "Victor Emmanuel". Wood engraving by JN, 1874.

"On page 292 are two sketches taken on board the Victor Emmanuel (hospital ship). One represents a small room built or hung upon the outside of the vessel, covered with an awning, and fenced in to seaward, with a wire screen, and appropriately nicknamed by the officers, "Birdcage Walk." Another shows the main deck of the vessel, which has been fitted up for the invalids. The beds are hung upon the same principal as a child's cot, and above them is suspended a huge sail to act as a fan, in order to keep up the ventilation."--The graphic, op. cit., p. 290