Details
Contributor W.S. Williams & Co, publisher.
Title Nursing in union hospitals. [graphic] : U.S. Sanitary Commission. U.S. Christian Commission.
Publisher [Hartford], Connecticut : W.S. Williams & Co
Publisher CONN. Hartford. 1865
Date 1865
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 42 x 35 cm (16.25 x 13.5 in.)
Description Interior of a Union hospital depicting women nurses attending to wounded soldiers. In the center, a white man soldier lies in bed while three white women nurses, attired in head kerchieves, long-sleeved dresses, and sashes that reads, "Union," help adjust his pillow, kneel and pour a glass of water from a pitcher, and carry a tray. In the right background is a row of beds with two wounded soldiers. In the left, a white man soldier, attired in a uniform with a sash that reads, "Union," walks into the hospital carrying his coat. In the left and right, wooden chairs hold back curtains decorated with stars from the American flag. A framed portrait of a white man and a coat hangs on the wall. Also shows, in the center foreground, a basket of flasks laying on the floor.
Notes Title from item.
Publication information and date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by W.S. Williams & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Military hospitals -- United States.
Nurses -- United States.
Sick persons -- United States.
Soldiers -- Union.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Soldiers.
Genre Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Printer W.S. Williams & Co, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.43]
Accession number P.2019.64.43