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  • Florence Nightingale and candle helping a wounded soldiers 1855
    Rights: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0 Published 30 March 2020 Size: 5.7 MB Referencing Hub media

    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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