Hospital Collection (#18)

The Guardian Angel from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Cherrier
The Guardian Angel from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

A Rakes Progress, Plate 8, [June 25, 1735] reissued 1763. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 8, [June 25, 1735] reissued 1763

Interior of a Military Hospital, 1828 or earlier. 1828 or earlier
Interior of a Military Hospital, 1828 or earlier

Padded room, Saint Ebbas Hospital, Surrey, 1938. Before 1935 the institution was known as Ewell Mental Hospital

A copy of a photograph of the ward deck of the Atlas Smallpox Hospital Ship, c1890-c1899. Joyce Green Hospital was once the centrepiece of the Metropolitan Asylums Board complex of smallpox

A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Admiral Togo visiting Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky in hospital, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Admiral Togo, victor of the Battle of the Sea of Japan, visiting the defeated Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky in hospital. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

Block tower, 31st British general hospital, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918

View of Baghdad from a block tower, 31st British general hospital, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire

The Tigris River from the 31st British general hospital, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918
Right bank of the Tigris River, from the 31st British general hospital, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WWI, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire

At Babies Hospital, Brockley, 1933 (1937). The Duchess of York opening Albany Deptford Babies Hospital in July 1933. From Our King And Queen cigarette cards produced for W.D. & H.O

Docks of San Francisco, (19th century), 1920s
Docks of San Francisco. Near the ancient square of San Francisco and the convent with the same name. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the Foundling Hospital, 1747, (1840). Artist: Thomas Coram
A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the Foundling Hospital, 1747, (1840). A note to the steward or matron from philanthropist Captain Thomas Coram (1668-1751)

Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, late 19th or early 20th century. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh was established in 1729

Francis Wingrave (c1789-1823), 1818. Artist: Moses Haughton
Francis Wingrave (c1789-1823), 1818. Wingrave promoted the asylum for the poor of St Mary-le-Strand, London

Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet, English surgeon and anatomist, 1831. Artist: J Cochran
Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet, English surgeon and anatomist, 1831. Cooper (1768-1841) was Surgeon to Guys Hospital and a pupil of John Hunter

Visit of Queen Victoria to Netley Hospital, Hampshire, c1860s. The queen visiting the military hospital, also known as the Royal Victoria Hospital

The Charter House Hospital, London, 1775, (1893). Originally a Carthusian monastery, it became a hospital and school founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611

The Last Muster, 1875 (c1880-1882). A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Napier, six cylinder motor carriages, 1917. A print from a supplement of The Connoisseur, December 1917

Wounded children from Ypres with nurses at La Panne, Belgium, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Children injured by German shells being tended by nurses

Christmas charity, interior of a hospital in the east, 1855. Artist: George Measom
Christmas charity, interior of a hospital in the east, 1855. Scene in a hospital during the Crimean War. Some 250, 000 soldiers died during the conflict, many of them from disease

George Heriot (1563-1624), Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, 1791. Heriot was the founder of both the Boys Hospital in Edinburgh and George Heriots School, a large private school in Edinburgh

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) visiting wounded soldiers, 19th century

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), 1854. Florence Nightingale made her reputation by her organisation of nursing service during the Crimean War

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, 19th century. Founded by King Charles II and intended for the succour and relief of veterans broken by age and war

The Royal Hospital, Greenwich, London, 19th century. The Royal Hospital was established as a residential home for injured sailors

Pensioners in the great quadrangle of Chelsea Royal Hospital, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Taylor
Pensioners in the great quadrangle of Chelsea Royal Hospital, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Lady Hardings war hospital, Bombay, India, c1918

Chelsea Royal Hospital, London, c1920s. The Royal Hospital Chelsea retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers was designed by Christopher Wren and opened in 1692

Ancient Gateway, St Barts Hospital, London, c1920s. St Bartholomews Hospital was founded in 1123 by Rahere, the Prior of St Bartholomews Priory, after he had a vision of the saint

Breaking up the hospital ship Dreadnought at Chatham dockyard, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (23 January 1875)

The queen visiting the wards of the London Hospital, late 19th century, (1900). Artist: G Durand
The queen visiting the wards of the London Hospital, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and carrying a muff, visits a patient

Training women to be nurses at a military hospital at St Petersburg, 1877. Illustration from the The Graphic, (2 June 1877)

An entertainment at Kings College Hospital, 1885. Artist: Charles Joseph Staniland
An entertainment at Kings College Hospital, 1885. Illustration from the The Graphic, (23 May 1885)

Redcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, c1950-1970. Artist: Graham Clilverd
Redcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, c1950-1970. Named after the physician John Radcliffe, the Radcliffe Infirmary was Oxfords first hospital, opening in 1770. It closed in January 2007

Florence Nightingale visiting the hut hospitals at Balaclava, 1855. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Kings College Hospital, Portugal Street, Lincolns Inn, London, c1860s. A print from the Illustrated London News

Andrew Clark, Senior Physician to the London Hospital, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Andrew Clark, Senior Physician to the London Hospital, 1878. Clark served as physician to the London Hospital from 1866 to 1886

Rescue station at Mont St Eloi, Artois, France, 6 June 1915 (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
Rescue station at Mont St Eloi, Artois, France, 6 June 1915 (1926)

A field station at the front, in the nave of a rural church, World War I, 1915

Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Quinze-Vingts was a hospital for the blind in Paris. The name, meaning 15 times 20 (which equals 300) in the vigesimal system

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1829. Guys Hospital was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy, a publisher who made a fortune from the South Sea Bubble

The Infirmary, Chichester, 1829. Artist: W Syms
The Infirmary, Chichester, 1829.The infirmary, which was later renamed the Royal West Sussex Hospital, opened in 1826

General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth, London, 1830. Artist: J Shury
General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth, London, 1830. Lying in Hospitals were built primarily to provide treatment to the wives of tradesmen, soldiers and sailors

French field hospital near Moreuil, Picardy, France, 1918

Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, British soldier, c1900 (1902). Artist: Elliott & Fry
Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart, British soldier, c1900 (1902). Stewart (1824-1900) commanded the Kandahar Field Force in the Second Afghan War, and ended his days, in 1900

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