I have an original postcard photograph of this picture. As well as the
Bedfordshire cuffs and headpiece she is wearing a lacy shawl - could be
knitted.
If anyone would like a scanned copy please contact me as I have no idea how
to put it on webshots.
Diana in Northants
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Hi Sue and everyone
oh wow, I have just investigate, thank you for taking the trouble to post
this, Sue - the portrait, even in the clipping, is excellent, though yes her
visage seems overwhelmed by the lace.
Here is a link to the webshots:
http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/21335146100488701
This is in reply to Sue's posting about Florence Nightingale's wearing
lace in the newspaper feature As I began my training as a professional
nurse 55+ years ago, we were taught to emulate Florence Nightingale. All
patient records were printed at that time, so "probie" students had to
print the "
I saw her being spoken about after her return from the war and they
mentioned how she hated the celebrity status she was given and went off to
live with family keeping out of sight a lot when photos were taken and being
there in amongst some of the family ones.
Sue T,
Dorset UK
In Sunday's "
In Sunday's "Express" there was a really good article about Florence
Nightingale who was a British nurse in the Crimean war. Born in 1820 to
rich parents she defied them and trained as a nurse and went to the Crimean.
The picture of her showed her wearing rather a lot of lace some I recognise
as B
