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Rare Photo of Florence Nightingale Shown
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Posted on 08/07/2006 7:34:18 PM PDT by freepatriot32
LONDON (Aug. 7) - A rare photograph of Florence Nightingale went on display Monday to mark the 150th anniversary of the famous nurse's return to Britain from the Crimean War.
The faded black-and-white photo, taken in May 1858, shows Nightingale reading on the grounds of her family home in Hampshire, southwest of London.
It is one of only eight known photographs of one of nursing's most important figures. She shunned publicity, believing it would detract from her efforts to improve conditions in British hospitals.
The photograph, which is going on show at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London, was taken by a Hampshire pharmacist whom Nightingale had met years earlier when she was putting together medical supplies for her trip to the Crimea. It was rediscovered among three albums of photographs found recently in the area.
Nightingale gained fame during the fighting for leading a team of nurses who cared for wounded soldiers suffering in horrific conditions.
"This is an immensely exciting discovery," said Mark Bostridge, author of a forthcoming Nightingale biography. "Photographs of Florence Nightingale are very rare."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: england; florence; florencenightingale; london; nightingale; nursing; of; photo; rare; shown; uk; unitedkingdom
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Florence Nightingale shunned publicity, believing it would detract from her efforts to improve conditions in British hospitals.
To: freepatriot32
It's such a tiny picture...it actually could be Amelia Erhart.
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:37:12 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: freepatriot32
A lovely picture, thanks.
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:37:53 PM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: freepatriot32; YaYa123
I agree, it's a beautiful photo and an absolute treat to see.
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:43:02 PM PDT
by
CremeSaver
(Prayers for Israel.)
To: freepatriot32; TASMANIANRED
thank you free patriot..
It's lovely!
Taz..come check this out!
Ms.B
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:43:15 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(women who behave rarely make history)
To: freepatriot32
Definitely a Victorian image, and remarkable in that photography did not become public in any way until 1839.
I will try to find technical details about this particular image...
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:44:15 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(overwhelming force behaving underwhelmingly is a waste.)
To: freepatriot32
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:44:27 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: freepatriot32
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:47:38 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: netmilsmom
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:50:18 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(overwhelming force behaving underwhelmingly is a waste.)
To: ErnBatavia
Amelia Erhart wouldn't be caught dead in an outfit like that - imagine the effect of the prop wash!
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posted on
08/07/2006 7:56:12 PM PDT
by
sig226
(There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who do not.)
To: freepatriot32; martin_fierro; mikrofon; Tijeras_Slim
Yeah, but look what happened after Reuters got a hold of it:
To: Publius6961
I will try to find technical details about this particular image...
From the writing on the bottom, I'd say it was a carte d'visite - a photograph on a business-sized piece of cardboard-like paper. Very popular in the 1860s, which, from her dress, seems to be the period.
But I could be wrong.
Maven
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:08:37 PM PDT
by
Maven
(Okay, I like Quantum Leap and Red Dwarf, too.)
To: freepatriot32
Cindy Wazzername, Florence Nightingale. Compare and contrast.
How the world has changed.
/johnny
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:31:43 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mmit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: Publius6961
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:34:08 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: ErnBatavia
It's such a tiny picture...it actually could be Amelia Erhart.Or Emily Dickinson.
To: Charles Henrickson
Good one, Charles.....as usual.
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
08/07/2006 9:04:19 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
To: freepatriot32
To: freepatriot32
I believe early photos required many minutes of exposure, which is why she's leaning over (the better to remain still).
To: Charles Henrickson; freepatriot32; martin_fierro
I wonder who the 19th-Century photoshopper was that
inserted the image of the gentlemen in the tipped hat?
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posted on
08/08/2006 4:26:59 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Good Nightengale, Nurse...)
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