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Florence Nightingale

16 of 33 portraits of Florence Nightingale

by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1856
3 3/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. (87 mm x 54 mm)
Purchased, 1993
Photographs Collection
NPG x46634

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services. Sitter associated with 33 portraits.

William Edward Kilburn (1818-1891), Photographer. Artist associated with 66 portraits.

Jordanova, Ludmilla, Defining Features: Scientific and Medical Portraits 1660-2000, 2000 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 April to 17 September 2000), p. 70

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