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Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910

The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari
Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari 1857

Jerry Barrett (1824–1906)

National Portrait Gallery, London

Reformer of army medical services and of nursing organization

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Artworks of Nightingale, Florence

  • Edith Evans (1888–1976) as Florence Nightingale
    Edith Evans (1888–1976) as Florence Nightingale Agatha Walker (1888–1980)
    British Red Cross Museum and Archives
  • Edith Evans (1888–1976) as Florence Nightingale
    Edith Evans (1888–1976) as Florence Nightingale Agatha Walker (1888–1980)
    Clifton Park Museum
  • Florence Nightingale
    Florence Nightingale John Steell (1804–1891) (after)
    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  • Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
    Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) Amy Goodman (b.1974)
  • Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
    Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) British (English) School
    Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums
  • Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
    Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) Richard James Lane (1800–1872)
    Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)
    Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) Walter Merrett (c.1856–1918)
    Guildhall Art Gallery
  • 26 more

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  • c.1891, coloured lithograph of an original painting by Henriette Rae (1859–1928)
    The lady with the lamp: celebrating 200 years of Florence Nightingale 12 May 2020, Melissa Chatton
  • The Drunken Nurse
    Nursing: a visual history 11 March 2022, Anne Wallentine
  • Victoria Wood (1953–2016)
    Redressing the balance: public sculptures of women 1 July 2022, Andrew Shore

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