Nurse Collection (#5)

Lace bordered portrait of Florence Nightingale, (1820 - 1910) an English social reformer and statistician
5617035 Lace bordered portrait of Florence Nightingale, (1820 - 1910) an English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.; (add.info)

A cartoon depicting a nurse wheeling a child in a perambulation, 19th century
5311019 A cartoon depicting a nurse wheeling a child in a perambulation, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1874); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of British philanthropist Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), pioneer of the nursing profession who participated
NWI4947824 Portrait of British philanthropist Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), pioneer of the nursing profession who participated in the Crimee War.; (add.info)

France, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (53), Chateau-Gontier: a young nurse (panseur) pose in studio, 1890
LUX4716817 France, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (53), Chateau-Gontier: a young nurse (panseur) pose in studio, 1890; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (53)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): April 1902, hospital for children attending, a nurse at work, 1902 - photo Henry
LUX4788301 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): April 1902, hospital for children attending, a nurse at work, 1902 - photo Henry; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): April 1902

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses
LUX4786707 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): August 1904, nurses in front of the infirmary at Sathonay camp
LUX4809907 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): August 1904, nurses in front of the infirmary at Sathonay camp; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): August 1904

France, Centre, Loiret (45), Montargis: February 1899, work in the infirmary, Private Bailly, 1899 - Regiment 89
LUX4783419 France, Centre, Loiret (45), Montargis: February 1899, work in the infirmary, Private Bailly, 1899 - Regiment 89; (add.info.: France, Centre, Loiret (45), Montargis: February 1899

Drunken husband sitting in his chair, 1850
3478744 Drunken husband sitting in his chair, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a drunken husband sitting in his chair, whilst his wife is nursing their infant child)

Women volunteers making hospital requisites for the St, John Ambulance Brigade Hospital during World War One
3502769 Women volunteers making hospital requisites for the St, John Ambulance Brigade Hospital during World War One, from The Pageant of the Century

Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient, 19th century
5309445 Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a private nurse tending to her patient)

Portrait of a Young Nurse, (pastel on wove paper)
991100 Portrait of a Young Nurse, (pastel on wove paper) by Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953); 63.5x47 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of a Young Nurse. Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1953)

Angels of Mercy, 1870 (engraving)
1580780 Angels of Mercy, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts sisters nursing the wounded. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Fancy dress outfits: Nurse, Night, Olivia Primrose, Punchinella (litho)
8636847 Fancy dress outfits: Nurse, Night, Olivia Primrose, Punchinella (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nurse, Night, Olivia Primrose, Punchinella)

Oh dry those tears (colour litho)
8635615 Oh dry those tears (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oh dry those tears. Postcard, early 20th century)

The Ghost of Mrs Penn, Edward VI's Nurse (engraving)
8632383 The Ghost of Mrs Penn, Edward VI's Nurse (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ghost of Mrs Penn, Edward VI's Nurse)

The cell in which Edith Cavell spent her last hours (b/w photo)
8641381 The cell in which Edith Cavell spent her last hours (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cell in which Edith Cavell spent her last hours)

Mouse, Nurse, Ounce, Peach, Perch, Plane, Plank, Plant, Plate, Plumb, Point, Porch (engraving)
8650018 Mouse, Nurse, Ounce, Peach, Perch, Plane, Plank, Plant, Plate, Plumb, Point, Porch (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mouse, Nurse, Ounce)

New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital (b/w photo)
8639576 New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Operating Theatre, St Thomas's Hospital)

Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary (b/w photo)
8639574 Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Operaing Room, Glasgow Western Infirmary)

Theatre of the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street (b/w photo)
8639571 Theatre of the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre of the Children's Hospital)

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Act III, Scene III (colour litho)
8630840 Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Act III, Scene III (colour litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nurse. Where's Romeo? Act III, Scene III)

Help the Wounded! Postcard for the St John's Ambulance Malta Centre, 1916 (chromolitho)
8677789 Help the Wounded! Postcard for the St John's Ambulance Malta Centre, 1916 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Help the Wounded)

Quaker saints: Lois and her Nurse (colour litho)
8657174 Quaker saints: Lois and her Nurse (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lois and her Nurse)

World's Children: American, With Nurse (colour litho)
8625621 World's Children: American, With Nurse (colour litho) by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: American, With Nurse)

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New York Foundling Hospital - Sister Anna Michella with baby and cradle, 1917-26 (b/w photo)
8855377 New York Foundling Hospital - Sister Anna Michella with baby and cradle, 1917-26 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

An engraving depicting a nurse chastising a child, 19th century
5311219 An engraving depicting a nurse chastising a child, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1876); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cartoon titled disappointment in store depicts a man on his death bed being visited by his physician, 19th century
5309485 Cartoon titled disappointment in store depicts a man on his death bed being visited by his physician, 19th century; (add.info)

Engraving depicting the Selimiye Barracks Hospital, in which Florence Nightingale worked during the Crimean War between
5308539 Engraving depicting the Selimiye Barracks Hospital, in which Florence Nightingale worked during the Crimean War between 1854-1857; (add.info)

Letter F and G: Fraternity and Granada. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph)
DUV4204599 Letter F and G: Fraternity and Granada. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph); 30.5x23.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrations by J. M)

Letter I: INSTRUCTION gives us preference everywhere. So let us be assiduous against our ignorance
DUV4206566 Letter I: INSTRUCTION gives us preference everywhere. So let us be assiduous against our ignorance. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid". Ch

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier holding by hand a nurse illustrating a poem dedicated to
LUX4741446 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier holding by hand a nurse illustrating a poem dedicated to the red cross by Toussaint Gugliemi entitled

First World War: France, Episode of Heroism of a Good Sister Rescuing a Hospital, 1914
LUX4737130 First World War: France, Episode of Heroism of a Good Sister Rescuing a Hospital, 1914; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

First World War: France, Postcard: studio photo showing the heroism of Sister Julie a Gerbeviller who defended her
LUX4736122 First World War: France, Postcard: studio photo showing the heroism of Sister Julie a Gerbeviller who defended her wounded at the peril of her life against the German army

American Hispano War (1898): the Sisters of Charity arriving at Long Island to serve as nurses at Camp Wikoff
NWI4836769 American Hispano War (1898): the Sisters of Charity arriving at Long Island to serve as nurses at Camp Wikoff. Water strong in colour

La Baionnette, Satirique en Couleurs, 1915_10_21: War of 14 -18, Medical - Nurse - Illustration by Georges Leonnec
ICA4933597 La Baionnette, Satirique en Couleurs, 1915_10_21: War of 14 -18, Medical - Nurse - Illustration by Georges Leonnec (1881-1940); (add.info.: La Baionnette, Satirique en Couleurs)

Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917
LUX4816565 Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917; (add.info.: Vosges (88): A nurse of the 12 with his gas mask, 1917); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes, Germany around 1890. Colour engraving 19th century
NWI4953592 A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes, Germany around 1890. Colour engraving 19th century.; (add.info.: A sister of Saint John holding a baby hospitalizes)

A nurse holding a sick child in her arms at Children's Hospital in London. The years 1880
NWI4953530 A nurse holding a sick child in her arms at Children's Hospital in London. The years 1880. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4953084 Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866)

Patriotic map showing a war wounds heals by his wife and son disguises as a nurse who decorates him by saying "I
LUX4743341 Patriotic map showing a war wounds heals by his wife and son disguises as a nurse who decorates him by saying "I decorate you friend you deserve it"

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan Mire (Ballan-Mire): hospitality, military hospital
LUX4758003 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan Mire (Ballan-Mire): hospitality, military hospital, war wounded pose with their bequilles and decorations, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Tournon-sur-Rhone, Ardeche (07), Rhone Alpes, France, Portrait of a military nurse in uniform with a cuff
LUX4731706 Tournon-sur-Rhone, Ardeche (07), Rhone Alpes, France, Portrait of a military nurse in uniform with a cuff and a cap wearing a red cross, 1870; (add.info.: Tournon-sur-Rhone, Ardeche (07)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915
LUX4740529 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915; (add.info)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses
LUX4786711 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): hospital, a boss and his whole team in professional pose: supervisor, nurses

Daughter and ailing mother, 1882
3479880 Daughter and ailing mother, 1882; (add.info.: Daughter and ailing mother. The daughter decides to refuse an offer of marriage to nurse her mother.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A young mother nursing her infant child, 1850
3478208 A young mother nursing her infant child, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a young mother nursing her infant child. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Nurse: A Beacon of Compassion and Care" In the realm of healthcare, one name stands out as a symbol of unwavering dedication and selflessness - Mary Seacole. Her portrait from the iconic production "Ice Cold In Alex" (1958) captures her indomitable spirit alongside Anthony Quayle, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, and Harry Andrews. As we delve into the history of nursing, silhouettes of World War I soldiers remind us of the pivotal role nurses played in providing medical care to wounded heroes. Florence Nightingale, known as "The Lady With The Lamp, " shines brightly in our collective memory. Her tireless efforts during the Crimean War revolutionized nursing practices and saved countless lives. Across continents, even in modern times like Florida's Sarasota County with its striking Unconditional Surrender statue by Seward Johnson (Picture No. 10745711), nurses continue to embody Florence Nightingale's legacy. Looking back further into history reveals St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the 18th century (PSCI2A-00066). It serves as a testament to how far nursing has come since then - evolving from humble beginnings to becoming an essential pillar within healthcare systems worldwide. The emblematic Red Cross nurse represents not only emergency response but also compassion amidst chaos. Even children learn about this noble profession through playacting; a girl playing nurse exemplifies their innate understanding of caregiving at an early age. As we reflect on these images and stories that span centuries, it becomes clear that they are more than just caregivers; they are beacons of hope for those who find themselves vulnerable or suffering. From historical figures like Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale to everyday heroes working tirelessly today – nurses epitomize humanity's capacity for empathy and healing. Let us celebrate these extraordinary individuals who dedicate their lives to easing pain, comforting souls, and restoring health.