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Ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, 1871. This was under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board and was built to meet the needs of the epidemic of the winter of 1870 to 1871

Florence Nightingale watching a nurse at work, 1854. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Europeans in a smallpox quarantine camp at El Tor, North Africa, 1884. Passengers from the SS Mira at a camp on the Arabian Coast

Hospital ward, Scutari, Turkey, 1856. Artist: E Walker
Hospital ward, Scutari, Turkey, 1856. Clean, light and airy ward at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari, (Uskudar), Marmara, Turkey

Part of a French railway wagon-lit (sleeping car), 1890. Showing accommodation by day and night and (centre) the lavatory

Do not commit adultery, The Ten Commandments, c20th century. Frankfurt, West Germany (7th)

Painting of the wedding of Nala and Damayanti. On the right, Nala greets his father-in-law, and on the left his bride Damayanti is in her bedroom

Portrait of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, early 18th century. Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow (1530-1584), became the first Tsar of Russia in 1547

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

The Angel of Death, 1851. Artist: Horace Vernet
The Angel of Death, 1851. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Emperor Napoleon III of France on his deathbed, 1873. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was President of the French Second Republic from 1849 until 1852

Interior of Neolithic Hut at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney. Stone furniture can be seen. The hearth is in the centre, and there are stone beds on the left and right sides

Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. Artist: Robert Brown
Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. This series of three tales included The Sad Fortunes of the Rev

Assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian soldier, 1634 (19th century). Wallenstein (1583-1634) commanded the Catholic imperial armies during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, is comforted by his youngest daughter

Scene from Shakespeares Macbeth, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares Macbeth, c1858. Macbeth about to murder the sleeping Duncan (Act 2 Scene 2). The play was first performed in c1606

Federal (northern) prison in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, American Civil War, 1865. View inside one of the casemates

St Anselm reluctantly accepting the Archbishopric of Canterbury, 1093 (1864). Anselm (1033-1109), an Italian-born Benedictine monk was an influential philosopher and theologian

Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Artist: Maria Spilsbury
Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Grandparents, parents and two children sit at the table, and a baby lies in a basketwork cradle

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George Cruikshank
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Time has run out for Fagin, head of the gang of thieves with whom Oliver Twist becomes embroiled

Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Artist: John Everett Millais
Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Will watching and listening at his friends deathbed. Owen Meredith was the pseudonym of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

Scene from Shakespeares Othello, 19th century. Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself and Iago is taken prisoner (Act 5)

President William McKinleys state bedroom at the White House, 1901. McKinley (1843-1901) 25th President of USA from 1896, was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation

Scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin, c1870. The death of Eva from tuberculosis. Tom and Topsy with the family at Evas bedside while the rest of the slaves in the courtyard pray for

The Nativity, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Nativity, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 24rd December 1892

Daniels vision of the beasts, 1804. Four great Beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel was one of the four great Hebrew prophets. From the Bible (Daniel 7:3)

Joseph interpreting Pharaohs dream, 1493. One of 12 Hebrew Patriarchs, Joseph interpreted the dream as meaning there would be seven fat years and seven lean years

Immediate help, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Immediate help, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th December 1899

Revolte of the blind men in a hospice, France, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd May 1904

The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The death of the son of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1898. Marie Francois Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) was a French statesman, the fourth president of the Third French Republic

Love of the flag, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Love of the flag, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th December 1898

Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. Artist: Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy
Visiting Day at the Hospital, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 13th June 1893

Study of a Nude, 1880. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Study of a Nude, 1880. From the collection of the Glyptothek Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English nursing pioneer and hospital reformer. Florence Nightingale inspecting the wards of the military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

The Epiphany, c1230. Artist: Giotto
The Epiphany, c1230. The Magi, the three Kings from the East, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, present their gifts of gold

Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, late 17th / early 18th century. Artist: Adriaen van der Werff
Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, late 17th/early 18th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Danae, 16th century. Artist: Titian
Danae, 16th century. From a private collection, New York, USA

Isaac blesses Jacob, early 17th century. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi
Isaac blesses Jacob, early 17th century. From a private collection

The Convalescence of Bayard, c1796-1842. Artist: Pierre Henri Revoil
The Convalescence of Bayard, c1796-1842. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Isaiah, Old Testament prophet, c1804. Isaiah telling Hezekiah (king of Judah 8th century BC) to set his house in order as he is about to die. From the Bible (Isaiah 38:1)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) on his deathbed, 1830. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion, 1679. From Tractatio Med. Curiosa de Murto et Occasu Transfusionis Sanguinis by Georg Abraham Mercklin. (Nuremberg, 1679)

Benefits of using the Singer sewing machine, 1880. A home and family transformed into models of comfort and smartness by the housewifes industry with the help of the sewing machine invented by Isaac

British emigrants bound for Sydney, Australia, in quarters on the St Vincent. Through HM Colonial Emigration Commissioners

Pope Leo XIII receiving the last rites on his deathbed, 1903
Pope Leo XIII (Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci 1810-1903) receiving the last rites on his deathbed, 1903. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, French weekly paper, 19 July 1903

Once More into the Sun, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Wounded German officers in the Germany military hospital at Versailles being given fresh air and sunshine to aid their recovery

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