Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services
Sitter associated with 33 portraits
Florence 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). Her sanitary reforms there lessened cases of disease. 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
Unknown woman, formerly known as Florence Nightingale
by Augustus Leopold Egg
oil on panel, circa 1840s-1863
NPG 1578
by Elizabeth (née Rigby), Lady Eastlake
pencil, 1846
NPG 3254
Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari'
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, circa 1856
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4305
by Jerry Barrett
pencil and watercolour, 1856
NPG 3303
Sketch of 'The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari'
by Jerry Barrett
pen and ink, circa 1857
NPG 2939a
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 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6202
by Sir John Robert Steell
bronze bust, 1862
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1748
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1854
NPG Ax27595
printed by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1877 (1854)
NPG x16136
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
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1856
NPG x46634
by William Edward Kilburn, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1856
NPG x16137
by Goodman of Derby, or by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG Ax29671
by Goodman of Derby, or by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite on card mount, circa 1857
NPG x16182
by Goodman of Derby, or by Alfred William Bennett, published by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x16139
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