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Photograph of Florence Nightingale Monument and notes.

 File — Frame: IOLM/D'EDN/4
Identifier: IOLM/D'EDN/4

Scope and Contents

The file consists of a copy of a photograph of a Crimean war memorial in Lower Regent St. & Pall Mall. There are notes concerning the memorial the provenance of which is unclear for the notes are attributed to Sister Barbara Jeffery yet within the text acknowledgement goes to George P Landow for both text and photograph. The memorial itself was by Arthur George Walker, an English sculptor and painter. accompanying the copies and text and the photograph, is a copy of a photograph of a memorial of Florence Nightingale by the same artist, and in the same junction in London. The framed photograph itself which hung in St. Mary's Ednaston has a number of interesting features .On the back of the frame is a label saying that the photograph must not be reproduced and that the copyright holder is A. G. Walker. There is a sticker on the back 'Hills & Plummer Ltd. oil, colour merchants, Queen St. Aukland'. Also on the back there is writing, some of which is missing, "St. Thomas's Hos[pital] ...... First College of Nursing ..... up."

Dates

  • Creation: 1983 - 2006

Conditions Governing Access note

As a private archive, access to the Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Archive requires application to the Archivist and approval by the Institute's Leadership Team. Where items are closed for access, this is indicated at the appropriate level.

Full Extent

2 folders

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Accession no. 2017/045/00. Framed item in Archive reading room cupboard.

Physical Description

Frame, glass, photograph wood. backing paper is poor, Everything else is good.

Repository Details

Part of the Bermondsey Convent of Mercy Repository

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