A ward in a military hospital showing two convalescents and two bed-ridden patients. Wood engraving after Cham, 1870.

  • Cham, 1819-1879.
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1870
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18608i
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A ward in a military hospital showing two convalescents and two bed-ridden patients. Wood engraving after Cham, 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Probably a scene in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870. A veteran who has lost the use of both hands asks another veteran to fill his pipe

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1870

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1 print : wood engraving

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Un épisode à l'ambulance. Cham. Bears type on verso, apparently discussing a book by Edmond About (1828-1885), possibly his La Grèce contemporaine, 1858 Bears numeral in pencil: 1754

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Wellcome Collection 18608i

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