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The lady with the lamp

Florence Nightingale and candle helping a wounded soldiers 1855

During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale managed nurses and organised care for wounded soldiers. It was at this time she earned the name ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, as she was often seen making the rounds of wounded soldiers at night.

Coloured mezzotint, c. 1855, by Tomkins after Butterworth.

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Rights: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0
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