Florence Nightingale
(1820-1910), Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical ServicesLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 37 portraits
Nightingale reformed hospital nursing during the 19th Century. She trained as a sick nurse and was invited to take nurses out to tend the wounded in the Crimean War (1854). She travelled to Scutari, a suburb of Constantinople, where she transformed the appalling conditions at the Barrack Hospital and laid the foundations for lasting reforms in nursing care. Her campaign on behalf of the sick and wounded British soldiers was one of the great achievements. Within months she was described in the British press as a 'ministering angel' and demands were made for her likeness. She was subsequently consulted by foreign governments at war as an authority on hospital administration and sanitation.
Florence Nightingale; Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney
by William White
watercolour, circa 1836
NPG 3246
by Elizabeth (née Rigby), Lady Eastlake
chalk, 1846
NPG 3254
Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari'
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
NPG 4305
by Jerry Barrett
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, 1856
NPG 2939
by Jerry Barrett
pencil and watercolour, 1856
NPG 3303
by Sir George Scharf
pencil, 28 December 1857
NPG 1784
The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1857
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6202
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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Unknown woman, formerly known as Florence Nightingale
by Augustus Leopold Egg
oil on board
NPG 1578
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, (late 1856-1857)
NPG Ax29671
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG Ax27595
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, (late 1856-1857)
NPG x16182
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x16135
by William Edward Kilburn, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x16138
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG Ax28403
printed by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1877 (circa 1856)
NPG x16136
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x46634
by Henry Hering, published by Alfred William Bennett
albumen carte-de-visite, (late 1856-1857)
NPG x16139
by Henry Hering, copied by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1950s (late 1856-1857)
NPG x82368
by William Edward Kilburn, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x16137
by Henry Hering, printed by Frederic Jones
albumen carte-de-visite, (late 1856-1857)
NPG x16140
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, (late 1856-1857)
NPG Ax29670
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
after S.G. Payne & Son
bromide postcard print, 1891
NPG x132535
by Sir Emery Walker, after Elizabeth (née Rigby), Lady Eastlake
collotype, (1846)
NPG D38969
by Richard James Lane, printed by Day & Son, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Joanna Hilary Bonham Carter, after John Pinches
lithograph, published 28 November 1854
NPG D38970
by Richard James Lane, printed by Day & Son, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Joanna Hilary Bonham Carter, after John Pinches
lithograph, published 28 November 1854
NPG D22261
by Richard James Lane, printed by Day & Son, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Joanna Hilary Bonham Carter, after John Pinches
lithograph, published 28 November 1854
NPG D22404
published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 24 February 1855
NPG D5364
by Francis Holl, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney
lithograph, published 6th June 1855
NPG D5365
published by George Henry Davidson, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published circa 1856-1857
NPG D42825
by John Pinches
white metal medal, circa 1856
NPG D7043
Florence Nightingale at Scutari. A Mission of Mercy
by Samuel Bellin, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Jerry Barrett
mixed-method engraving, 1858 (1857)
NPG D43044
after Unknown artist
pencil and crayon, 1910 (1855)
NPG D33870
after Unknown artist
pencil on tracing paper, 1910 (1855)
NPG D33871
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Dr Iain Wilton
28 November 2019, 15:21
I was interested to see the biographical information about Florence Nightingale.
You might like to expand it to take account of the two following points: (i) 2020 will be the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth; and (ii)
while being most famous for her nursing role, Florence Nightingale was an eminent statistician and a pioneer of data visualisation. Indeed, she was the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society (where I'm Director of Policy & Public Affairs, and planning the RSS's contribution to the wide-ranging bicentenary celebrations).