Florence Nightingale At Scutari. A Mission Of Mercy.
Painted By Jerry Barrett. Engraved by Samuel Bellin.
Published By Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers To Her Majesty The Queen, Exchange St. Manchester & Exchange Buildings, Liverpool. May 1st. 1861. Printed by J. Brooker.
Mixed method engraving, 665 x 930mm (26¼ x 36½"). Marginal tears, light spotting.
A large and detailed scene of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), receiving wounded soldiers at the entrance to her hospital. Identified figures include: nurse Eliza Roberts offering a cup to a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher; artist Selina Bracebridge (to the right of Nightingale); Sir William Linton (to the left of the archway); Sir Henry Knight Storks (to his right); Alexis Benoit Soyer (in white to Nightingale's left); and the artist himself (in the window). After Jerry (Jeremiah) Barrett's oil in the National Portrait Gallery titled 'Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari - 1856 -The Mission of Mercy'.
NPG: 4305.
[Ref: 8486] £620.00
Published By Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers To Her Majesty The Queen, Exchange St. Manchester & Exchange Buildings, Liverpool. May 1st. 1861. Printed by J. Brooker.
Mixed method engraving, 665 x 930mm (26¼ x 36½"). Marginal tears, light spotting.
A large and detailed scene of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), receiving wounded soldiers at the entrance to her hospital. Identified figures include: nurse Eliza Roberts offering a cup to a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher; artist Selina Bracebridge (to the right of Nightingale); Sir William Linton (to the left of the archway); Sir Henry Knight Storks (to his right); Alexis Benoit Soyer (in white to Nightingale's left); and the artist himself (in the window). After Jerry (Jeremiah) Barrett's oil in the National Portrait Gallery titled 'Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari - 1856 -The Mission of Mercy'.
NPG: 4305.
[Ref: 8486] £620.00