Convalescent Collection

WW1 silhouettes, wounded soldiers and medical care
Silhouettes of wounded soldiers and medical care during the First World War. From the top: stretcher bearers, a field ambulance, the casualty clearing station, a train taking men off to the base

Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, Kent
Staff and children in the grounds of the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs. Date: circa 1907

Are we Downhearted? No! Not at Bognor
World War One postcard featuring a wounded soldier, in hospital blues, convalescing in Bognor. Additional Manuscripts Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: AM 781/2/96

St Annes Home, Herne Bay, Kent
In 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District

Ida Hospital, Cookridge, Leeds
The Ida Hospital for convalescent patients at Cookridge, near Leeds, opened in 1888 following a bequest by John North. The single-storey ward wings had verandahs on which beds could be placed in

George Woofindin Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshir
George Woofindin Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, near Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1920s

Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
The entrance to the Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The site began life as the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital (or Northern Hospital)

Sister and patient, Convalescent Police Seaside Home, Hove
A nursing sister and her patient in the surgery of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex

Our Soldiers: how they are Made and Mended
A series of intricate images by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley showing scenes on the Western Front in a mounted regiment followed by the transportation of an injured officer to hospital

Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, Northants
Staff in the grounds of the Childrens Convalescent Home, Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Date: Date unknown

Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918 (date created or published later). Lady Constance Barbara Baird at the Hopital Militaire Belge (Belgian Military Hospital) at Chambe´ry

Wounded American, Neuilly, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded American, Neuilly, 1918 or 1919. A wounded American soldier in hospital bed, Neuilly, France, during or shortly after World War I.

Knitting class Lafayette House, knitting class of wounded, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Knitting class Lafayette House, knitting class of wounded, between 1917 and c1920. Woman teaching soldiers how to knit at Lafayette House

Red Cross wounded officer, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Red Cross wounded officer, between 1917 and c1920. Nurse with wounded officer at Lafayette House, a convalescent home for veterans located at 112 Central Park South, New York City.

American Field hospital, Auteuil, c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Field hospital, Auteuil, c1915. An American field hospital in Auteuil, Paris, France around 1915 during World War I.

American wounded in base hospital, France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
American wounded in base hospital, France, 1917 or 1918. American soldiers with nurses in Ward 10, Base Hospital in Talence, France during World War I.

Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915 (date created or published later). Mrs. Agnes Power Marsh, wife of Henry Wheelwright Marsh at Warwick Castle with soldiers wounded in World

Convalescent German soldier, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Convalescent German soldier, between c1915 and 1918. A German soldier sawing wood as a nun looks on, during World War I.

Wounded, Quimper, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded, Quimper, 1918. Nun, nurse and wounded soldiers making baskets outside a hospital in Quimper, France during World War I.

Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Wounded soldiers during World War I.

Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. A woman playing the piano for soldiers in a hospital in Berlin, Germany at Christmas, during World War I.

The convalescent, 1884. Creator: Jenny Nystrom
The convalescent, 1884

The Convalescent, 1867. Creator: Ferdinand Fagerlin
The Convalescent, 1867

Visiting the convalescent. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Mallet
Visiting the convalescent

His Excellency Caught a Chill. Resting at his Dacha near Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
His Excellency Caught a Chill. Resting at his Dacha near Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia

The Transport and General Workers Union Convalescent Home, Littleport, East Cambridgeshire, within the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Date: circa 1920s

Prince Edward Childrens Convalescent Home, Hunstanton
A nurse and patients on the lawn at the Prince Edward Childrens Convalescent Home, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Date: circa 1918

Blackwell Recovery Home, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1950s

Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Wokingham, Berkshire, WW1
Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bearwood, Wokingham, Berkshire. Date: 1917

St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex - Caple ne Ferne
London Transport Central Road Services (CRS) Employees Friendly Society Convalescent Home - " Caple-ne-Ferne" viewed from the Pevensey Road

Conisbrough Godfrey Walker Convalescent Home early 1900s

Chapel interior - Ormerod Children's Convalescent Home
The Chapel interior at the Ormerod Convalescent Home for Children, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. Date: circa 1905

The Ormerod Convalescent Home, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancs
The Ormerod Convalescent Home for Children, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. Date: circa 1905

Convalescent home, Southport, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sandhills and Convalescent Home, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, Brighton
The John Howard Convalescent Home, Kemptown, Brighton, Sussex Date: circa 1950

Roof Garden, German Hospital, Hackney, East London
Roof Garden for convalescent patients, the German Hospital, Hackney, East London Date: 1936

Outing for convalescent soldiers from the Cliveden hospital
An outing for convalescent soldiers from the hospital at Cliveden on the Thames, 1917. Dame Ethel Walker, Ara, Rba, Rp, Neac, Smp (1861-1951)

The Sick Woman with White Shawl, 1912 (oil on canvas)
471060 The Sick Woman with White Shawl, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Wouters, Rik (1882-1916); 85.4x73.5 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, edited with commentary by Petrus de Albano
CH438760 De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, edited with commentary by Petrus de Albano, published at Val D Elsa by Johannes de Medemblick, 1478 (leather, w/c & paper) by Italian School

The Convalescent; Konvalescenten, 1938-39 (lithograph printed in colours on buff grey paper)
659686 The Convalescent; Konvalescenten, 1938-39 (lithograph printed in colours on buff grey paper) by Schjerfbeck, Helene (1862-1946); 36x56 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Visit to a Patient (oil on canvas)
OVR371467 Visit to a Patient (oil on canvas) by Bergslien, Nils (1853-1928); 36x27 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

The Convalescents, 1915. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Convalescents, 1915

The Convalescents, plate two from Actualites, 1915, published May 1915

Piccaninny Patients, the Childrens Ward in the General Hospital, Barbados (litho)
1051308 Piccaninny Patients, the Childrens Ward in the General Hospital, Barbados (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccaninny Patients)

Reading to the Convalescent, c. 1827 (oil on canvas)
877131 Reading to the Convalescent, c.1827 (oil on canvas) by Franquelin, Jean Augustin (1798-1839); 61.3x50.4 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; French

Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Bristol
Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Durdham Down, Bristol, 15 November 1899 Date: 1899

Postcard design artwork - Obey your Doctor and your Nurse. A nurse approaches a sickly child bearing a LARGE bottle of medicine. Date: circa 1937

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"Convalescent: Healing the Wounds of War and Childhood" In the shadows of World War I, silhouettes of brave soldiers adorned with bandages and crutches emerged from the battlefields. Their journey to recovery led them to sanctuaries like St Annes Home in Herne Bay, Kent. Here, wounded soldiers found solace amidst tranquil surroundings as they embarked on their path towards healing. Meanwhile, Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children in Broadstairs, Kent became a haven for young ones who had endured illness or injury. With tender care and specialized medical attention, these children rediscovered their strength while basking in the seaside air. Across the coast at Bognor's "Are we Downhearted? No. " retreat, laughter echoed through the halls as injured soldiers embraced life's joys once more. Amidst camaraderie and support from fellow comrades-in-arms, their spirits soared higher than ever before. Further inland at Highlands Hospital in Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex; George Woofindin Convalescent Home in Mablethorpe Lincolnshire; Ida Hospital in Cookridge Leeds - each location played its part in nurturing those on their road to recovery. Dedicated medical professionals tirelessly tended to patients' needs with compassion and expertise. At Sister and patient Convalescent Police Seaside Home in Hove East Sussex - a place where law enforcement officers found respite - bonds were forged between caregivers and protectors of society. Together they navigated the healing process with unwavering determination. The pages turned to reveal stories unfolding within Childrens Convalescent Home nestled away in Wilby Northants. Here giggles filled every corner as little ones reveled under watchful eyes that nurtured both body and spirit back into vibrant health. Not far away lay Red Cross convalescent home Little Missenden Bucks – an oasis where compassionate hearts mended broken bodies one stitch at a time.