Boer War: a busy street scene with gracious ladies offering food, drink and assistance to wounded soldiers. Process print after C. Shepperson after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
- Johnstone, Agnes M., active 1900.
- Date:
- 1900
- Reference:
- 23350i
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Publication/Creation
1900
Physical description
1 photomechanical print : halftone ; image 22.2 x 30.4 cm
Lettering
In danger of being killed by kindness: wounded soldiers in Fort Napier hospital, Maritzburg drawn by Claude Shepperson from a sketch by A. M. J., c. 1900.
Lettering continues: "It is a matter for doubt whether Tommy, when he is sent down invalided from the front, resents what Sir Alfred Milner has called the plague of women ... it may safely be said that he would sooner run the risk of too much kindness rather than miss the thousand and one attentions which have been pressed on him."
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23350i
Type/Technique
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Subjects
- South African War, 1899-1902
- WarRelief of sick and wounded
- Veterans
- Disabled veterans
- Veterans' hospitals
- CostumeSouth AfricaHistory20th century
- Soldiers
- Kindness
- Charity
- Visiting the sick
- Military hospitals
- South African War, 1899-1902Hospitals
- KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
- Fort Napier Hospital
- Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
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Location Status Access Closed stores