For the occasion of this letter, see Vol. II. p.411.
(144)In Memory of Robert James Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B.A privately printed memoir, containing on p. 53 a letter from Miss Nightingale.
The letter, dated June 12, 1901, includes these words: “Lord Wantage is a great loss, but he has been a great gain. And what he has gained for us can never be lost. It is my experience that such men exist only in England: a man who had everything (to use the common phrase) which this world could give him, but who worked as hard, and to the last, as the poorest able man—and all for others—for the common weal. A man whose life makes a great difference for all:allare better off than if he had not lived; and this betterness is for always, it does not die with him—that is the true estimate of a great life.” These words were quoted at the head of an article on Lord Wantage in theEdinburgh Review, January 1902.
(145)Appeal on behalf of the Invalid Hospital for Gentlewomen, Harley Street.Letter in theTimes, November 12, 1901.
Reprinted in the Annual Reports of the Institution for 1902, 1903, etc. The letter, though signed Florence Nightingale, bears no mark of her style, and is not quite accurate in its account of her early association with the hospital (see Vol. I. p.133). The letter is said to have been written for Miss Nightingale by Mrs. Dicey. The institution, re-christened “The Florence Nightingale Hospital for Gentlewomen,” is now in new quarters in Lisson-grove.
(146)New Year's Message from Florence Nightingale to the Nursing Staff of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, January 1905.Printed on a card.
“I pray with all my heart that God will bless the work abundantly in Edinburgh Infirmary, and enable the workers to do it for Him, in the love which we owe Him.”
(147)Message to the Crimean Veterans.Printed at p. 47 of a pamphlet entitledThe Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veterans' Association, Bristol. Bristol, 1905.
One of the last messages sent by Miss Nightingale. The anniversaries celebrated by the Veterans, she says, “have always been marked days to her also.”
List of Printed Writings, whether published or privately circulated, by Miss Nightingale, chronologically arranged(For the limited scope of this list, see the Preface, Vol. I. p.viii.)
(1) Letter in theTimes, October 24, by “One who has known Miss Nightingale.”
(2) “Who is ‘Mrs.’ Nightingale?” A biographical article in theExaminer(reprinted in theTimes, October 30).
These two communications fixed the popular idea of Miss Nightingale. For the article in theExaminer, see Vol. I. p.164.
(3) Bracebridge. “British Hospitals in the East.” Report in theTimes, October 16, 1855, of a lecture given at Coventry by Mr. C. H. Bracebridge, supplemented by a letter from him in theTimes, October 20.
For a reference to this lecture, see Vol. I. p.287. The report contains many particulars of Miss Nightingale's services and difficulties.
(4)The “Record” and Miss Nightingale. Remarks on two Articles contained in the “Record” of February 1, and March 8, 1855.London: Nisbet, 1855.
This pamphlet throws light on theodium theologicum, see Vol. I. Part II. Ch.VIII. Miss N. was denounced as “a semi-Romish Nun,” an “Anglican Papist.”
(5) Roebuck Committee.Reports from the Select Committee on the Army before Sebastopol, March 1, 1853–June 18, 1855.
For this Report, see Vol. I. p.176.
(6) S. G. O.Scutari and its Hospitals.By the Hon. and Rev. Sydney Godolphin Osborne. London: Dickinson Brothers, 1855.
This contains the best and fullest account by an eye-witness of Miss Nightingale at work at Scutari.
(7)Various Broadsheets, Popular Songs, etc., about Miss Nightingale (see Vol. I. p.266). A collection of them is preserved amongst her Papers. The following is the text of the most popular of the Songs:—
On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shoreThere had been bloodshed and strife on the morning before;The dead and the dying lay bleeding around,Some crying for help—there was none to be found.Now God in His mercy He pitied their cries,And the soldiers so cheerful in the morning do arise.So forward, my lads, may your hearts never failYou are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.Now God sent this woman to succour the brave;Some thousands she saved from an untimely grave.Her eyes beam with pleasure, she's beauteous and good,The wants of the wounded are by her understood.With fever some brought in, with life almost gone,Some with dismantled limbs, some to fragments are torn.But they keep up their spirits, their hearts never fail,They are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.Her heart it means good, for no bounty she'll take,She'd lay down her life for the poor soldier's sake;She prays for the dying, she gives peace to the brave,She feels that a soldier has a soul to be saved.The wounded they love her as it has been seen,She's the soldier's preserver, they call her their Queen.May God give her strength, and her heart never fail,One of Heaven's best gifts is Miss Nightingale.The wives of the wounded, how thankful are they!Their husbands are cared for by night and by day.Whatever her country, this gift God has given,And the soldiers they say she's an Angel from Heaven.All praise to this woman, and deny it who canThat woman was sent as a comfort to man:Let's hope that no more against them you'll rail,Treat them well, and they'll prove like Miss Nightingale.
On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shoreThere had been bloodshed and strife on the morning before;The dead and the dying lay bleeding around,Some crying for help—there was none to be found.Now God in His mercy He pitied their cries,And the soldiers so cheerful in the morning do arise.So forward, my lads, may your hearts never failYou are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.Now God sent this woman to succour the brave;Some thousands she saved from an untimely grave.Her eyes beam with pleasure, she's beauteous and good,The wants of the wounded are by her understood.With fever some brought in, with life almost gone,Some with dismantled limbs, some to fragments are torn.But they keep up their spirits, their hearts never fail,They are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.Her heart it means good, for no bounty she'll take,She'd lay down her life for the poor soldier's sake;She prays for the dying, she gives peace to the brave,She feels that a soldier has a soul to be saved.The wounded they love her as it has been seen,She's the soldier's preserver, they call her their Queen.May God give her strength, and her heart never fail,One of Heaven's best gifts is Miss Nightingale.The wives of the wounded, how thankful are they!Their husbands are cared for by night and by day.Whatever her country, this gift God has given,And the soldiers they say she's an Angel from Heaven.All praise to this woman, and deny it who canThat woman was sent as a comfort to man:Let's hope that no more against them you'll rail,Treat them well, and they'll prove like Miss Nightingale.
On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shoreThere had been bloodshed and strife on the morning before;The dead and the dying lay bleeding around,Some crying for help—there was none to be found.Now God in His mercy He pitied their cries,And the soldiers so cheerful in the morning do arise.So forward, my lads, may your hearts never failYou are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.
Now God sent this woman to succour the brave;Some thousands she saved from an untimely grave.Her eyes beam with pleasure, she's beauteous and good,The wants of the wounded are by her understood.With fever some brought in, with life almost gone,Some with dismantled limbs, some to fragments are torn.But they keep up their spirits, their hearts never fail,They are cheered by the presence of a sweet Nightingale.
Her heart it means good, for no bounty she'll take,She'd lay down her life for the poor soldier's sake;She prays for the dying, she gives peace to the brave,She feels that a soldier has a soul to be saved.The wounded they love her as it has been seen,She's the soldier's preserver, they call her their Queen.May God give her strength, and her heart never fail,One of Heaven's best gifts is Miss Nightingale.
The wives of the wounded, how thankful are they!Their husbands are cared for by night and by day.Whatever her country, this gift God has given,And the soldiers they say she's an Angel from Heaven.All praise to this woman, and deny it who canThat woman was sent as a comfort to man:Let's hope that no more against them you'll rail,Treat them well, and they'll prove like Miss Nightingale.
(8)Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses; the Narrative of Twelve Months' Experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scutari.By a Lady Volunteer. 2 vols. 1856; 3rd ed. in one vol. 1857.
The author, Miss Fanny M. Taylor, was a member of the second party of nurses, which went out with Miss Stanley.
(9)Sayah; or, the Courier to the East.[By H. Byng Hall.] London: Chapman & Hall.
Contains a general tribute to Miss Nightingale, from one who visited Scutari.
(10) McNeill. Speech by Sir John McNeill at the CrimeanBanquet at Edinburgh, reported verbatim in theDaily News, Nov. 3, 1856.
An excellent appreciation of Miss Nightingale, with many particulars of her work at Scutari.
(11)The Nightingale Fund. Report of Proceedings at a Public Meeting held in London, on Nov. 29, 1855.… Offices of the Nightingale Fund, 5 Parliament Street.Pamphlet, in yellow wrappers, pp. 36 + 16 + 24.
Pages 1–36, report of the Public Meeting; pp. 1–16, “Appendix.” Extracts from Leading Articles in the London Journals, etc.; pp. 1–24, “Addenda,” Report of Public Meetings in the provinces, 1856, etc.
(12)The Prophecy of Ada, late Countess of Lovelace, on her friend Miss Florence Nightingale.Written in the year 1851. Music composed by W. H. Montgomery. London: G. Emery & Co. [no date].
The poem—“A Portrait: taken from Life”—is printed on the back of the song (see Vol. I. pp.38,142).
(13) Davis.The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse.Edited by Jane Williams. 2 vols. Hurst & Blackett, 1857.
Davis was one of Miss Stanley's party. She served as cook in the General Hospital at Balaclava. Though the work of an obviously uneducated and prejudiced woman, the book is useful as illustrating the intrigue against Miss Nightingale in the Crimea, and as reflecting the hostility which her strict discipline excited among some of the nurses. The book is not to be trusted. Miss Nightingale made very pungent remarks on this old woman's romancing about Lord Raglan and others.
(14) Pincoffs.Experiences of a Civilian in Eastern Military Hospitals.…By Peter Pincoffs, M.D., late Civil Physician to the Scutari Hospitals. William & Norgate.
Chapter vii., “The Providence of the Barrack Hospital,” gives an account of Miss N.'s work. This is one of the most important authorities, being the testimony of an eye-witness and a medical man; but Dr. Pincoffs was not at Scutari till the middle of 1855.
(15)Soyer's Culinary Campaign: being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War.By Alexis Soyer. London: G. Routledge, 1857.
Also of much value, as the record of an eye-witness, and a participator in Miss Nightingale's work.
(16) An unpublished MS., found among Miss Nightingale's papers, written by “R. R.,” a Private in the 68th Light Infantry, giving an account of his attendance upon her. He had been invalided from the Crimea, and in January 1855 Mr. Bracebridge selected him for duty as messenger to Miss Nightingale: Vol. I. p.256.
(17) “What Florence Nightingale has done and is doing.” An article [by Mrs. S. C. Hall] in theSt. James's Magazine, April 1861.
Gives an account,inter alia, of the early days of the “Nightingale Nurses.”
(18)Experiences of an English Sister of Mercy.By Margaret Goodman. Smith, Elder & Co., 1862.
Miss Goodman was one of the “Sellonites” (see Vol. I. p.159); she gives a somewhat detailed account of the nursing.
(19)Statement of the Appropriation of the Nightingale Fund.Reprinted, with slight additions, from a Paper read by Sir Joshua Jebb at the meeting of the Social Science Association, 1862. Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 12.
Various other publications of the kind have been consulted—such as:Deed of Trust and other Deeds relating to the Nightingale Fund(London: Blades, 1878); and theAnnual Reports of the Committee of the Council of the Nightingale Fundfrom 1862 to 1910.
(20)A Trip to Constantinople … and Miss Nightingale at Scutari Hospital.By L. Dunne. London: J. Sheppard.
The author was late Foreman of H.M. Stores at the Bosphorus.
(21) Hornby.Constantinople during the Crimean War.By Lady Hornby. With Illustrations in Chromo-Lithography. London: Bentley, 1863.
Contains a few personal impressions of F. N. (see Vol. I. pp.285,296). Lady Hornby was wife of Sir Edmund Grimani Hornby, H.M. British Commissioner to Turkey during the Crimean war.
(22)A Book of Golden Deeds.[By Charlotte M. Yonge.] Macmillan, 1864.
This book, which became very widely popular, had on its title-page a reproduction of the statuette of the Lady with the Lamp, and a reference to Miss Nightingale in its Preface.
(23)A Woman's Example, and a Nation's Work: A Tribute to Florence Nightingale.London: William Ridgway, 1864.
An account of the work of the United States Sanitary Commission (1861), inspired by American women. “All that is herein chronicled,” says the author in a Dedication to Florence Nightingale, “you have a right to claim as the result of your own work” (see Vol. II. p.9).
(24)Florence Nightingale. A Lecture delivered in the Theatre of the Medical College, November 9, 1865.By Major G. B. Malleson. Calcutta, 1865.
(25)Thomas Grant, First[Roman Catholic]Bishop of Southwark.By Grace Ramsay [pseudonym of Kathleen O'Meara]. Smith, Elder & Co., 1874.
Chapter vii. gives a full account of the mission of the Bermondsey Nuns under Miss Nightingale.
(26)Life of the Prince Consort.By Sir Theodore Martin. 5 vols. Smith, Elder & Co.
The references to Miss Nightingale are in vol. iii.
(27)The Invasion of the Crimea.By A. W. Kinglake. Vol. vi. “The Winter Troubles.” Blackwood & Sons, 1880.
Chapter xi. is mainly devoted to an account of “The Lady-in-Chief” (Miss Nightingale).
(28)Narrative of Personal Experiences and Impressions during a Residence on the Bosphorus throughout the Crimean War.By Lady Alicia Blackwood. London: Hatchard, 1881.
The narrative of one of Miss Nightingale's helpers (see Vol. I. p.197).
(29)Life and Work of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.By Edwin Hodder. 3 vols. (1886), popular ed. 1 vol. (1887).
This contains some references to the Crimean war, pp. 503seq., and letters from F. N., 505, 581.
(30) Mohl.Letters and Recollections of Julius and Mary Mohl.By M. C. M. Simpson. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1887.
Several references to Miss Nightingale (“F——”); also Lady Verney's recollections, cited at Vol. I. p.21.
(31)Das Rote Kreuz, No. 23, 1895. Published at Bern. At pp. 206–209 an article by Dr. Jordy, of Bern, on “Miss Florence Nightingale, the First Pioneer of the Red Cross,” with a letter fromher dated September 4, 1872.
The letter was of thanks for a Paper read by M. Dunant in London on the work of the Red Cross (see Vol. II. p.205).
(32)The Life and Correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere.By John Martineau. 2 vols. John Murray, 1895.
Contains some letters from Miss Nightingale.
(33)The Story of the Highland Brigade in the Crimea.Founded on letters written 1854–56 by Lieut.-Colonel Anthony Stirling. Remington & Co., 1895.
The importance of this book for an understanding of Miss Nightingale's work is pointed out at Vol. I. p.167.
(34)Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett.By Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell. 2 vols. John Murray, 1897.
This contains extracts from a large number of Mr. Jowett's letters to Miss Nightingale (though not so stated), as well as occasional references to her.
(35) Howe.Reminiscences: 1819–1899.By Julia Ward Howe.
Quoted, Vol. I. pp.37,43.
(36) Aloysius.Memories of the Crimea.By Sister Mary Aloysius [Doyle]. London: Burns & Oates, 1904.
Personal recollections by one of the Irish Nuns, who went out, under Mrs. Bridgeman, with Miss Stanley's party.
(37)Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin: A Century of Family Letters.By her daughter, H. E. Litchfield. 2 vols. Privately printed, 1904.
Quoted Vol. I. pp.15,96,446.
(38) Tooley.The Life of Florence Nightingale.By Sarah A. Tooley. London: S. H. Bousfield & Co., 1904.
Contains several letters, recollections by Crimean veterans, etc.
(39)William Rathbone: a Memoir.By Eleanor F. Rathbone. Macmillan, 1905.
Numerous references to Miss Nightingale, and accounts of undertakings in which she was concerned with Mr. Rathbone.
(40) Stanmore.Sidney Herbert, Lord Herbert of Lea.A Memoir. By Lord Stanmore. 2 vols. John Murray, 1906.
Important correspondence between Sidney Herbert and Miss Nightingale is here given.
(41)The History of Nursing.By M. Adelaide Nutting and Lavinia L. Dock. 2 vols. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907.
An excellent account of “the evolution of nursing systems”; with a just appreciation of Miss Nightingale, and copious extracts from her writings.
(42)The Letters of Queen Victoria, 1837–1861.Edited by A. C. Benson and Viscount Esher. 3 vols. John Murray.
Quoted, or referred to, at Vol. I. pp.217,274.
(43) Panmure.The Panmure Papers.… Edited by Sir George Douglas and Sir George Dalhousie Ramsay. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. 2 vols.
This collection, though it does not throw any light on the most important of Miss Nightingale's dealings with Lord Panmure, contains several letters of interest.
(44)St. John's House. A Brief Record of Sixty Years' Work, 1848–1908.12 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, W.C. A pamphlet.
Contains some account of the recruiting of nurses for the Crimean war, and two letters from Miss Nightingale.
(45) Bibliography.An Exhibit of some of the Writings of Florence Nightingale in the Educational Museum of Teachers' College, Columbia University, May 16 to June 1, 1910.Pamphlet, pp. 8.
This catalogue contains (1) a brief “Biographical Note”; (2) a catalogue of the Writings by F. N. exhibited; (3) a short catalogue of “Writings about Florence Nightingale.”
(46)Exercises in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding by Florence Nightingale of the First Training School. Carnegie Hall, the City of New York, Wednesday, May 18th, 1910.A pamphlet, pp. 24.
A report of various addresses, by Mr. Choate and others.
(47)Florence Nightingale: a Force in Medicine.Address at the Graduated Exercises of the Nurses Training School of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, May 19, 1910. By Henry M. Hurd, M.D., Baltimore,1910.
An excellent appreciation of Miss Nightingale's work as the founder of modern nursing, as sanitarian, and as army reformer.
(48)The Letters of John Stuart Mill.Edited by Hugh S. R. Elliot. 2 vols. Longmans & Co., 1910.
Mill's Letters of 1860 (see Vol. I. p.471) are at vol. i. pp. 238–242; his letter of December 31, 1867 (see above, p.217), is at vol. ii. pp. 100–105.
(49)Memoir of the Rt. Hon. Sir John McNeill, G.C.B., and of his second wife, Elizabeth Wilson.By their Granddaughter. John Murray, 1910.
This contains some letters from Miss Nightingale.
(50) August 15, and later.Obituary Noticesof Miss Nightingale in the newspapers. Those written with most knowledge were in theTimesand theManchester Guardian.
(51) “Some Personal Recollections of Miss Florence Nightingale,” by “Lamorna” [with a series of letters from F. N.]. In theNursing Mirror and Midwives' Journal, September 3, 1910, pp. 347–349.
(52) “Florence Nightingale, O.M., R.R.C.” By Major C. E. Pollock, Royal Army Medical Corps. Reprinted from theJournal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, October 1910. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson.
Contains several official documents (now at the Public Record Office) relating to Miss Nightingale's Crimean mission (see Vol. I. p.188).
(53)The Life and Letters of Sir John Hall, M.D., K.C.B., F.R.C.S.By S. M. Mitra. Longmans, Green & Co., 1911.
Of considerable interest (see Vol. I. p.169).
(54)Eine Heldin unter Helden (Florence Nightingale).Von J. Friz. Stuttgart, 1912. Verlag der Evang. Gesellschaft.
From this book I have quoted at Vol. I. p.92n.It also contains a few letters from Miss Nightingale—chiefly to the Fliedner family.
(55) Wintle.The Story of Florence Nightingale.By W. J. Wintle. London: Sunday School Union.
Contains some reminiscences by Crimean veterans.
List of Portraits, Photographs, etc., of Florence Nightingale
Authentic likenesses of Miss Nightingale, except in her earlier years, are very few. When she had become famous, she shrank from publicity. She was very seldom photographed, and as a general rule she refused to sit for her portrait. The demand for portraits of her was great, and the demand created a supply. This list includes, however, with one probable exception (No. 5), only such portraits as are authentic.
(1) 1820–1. Water-colour drawing of F. N. as a baby on the knee of her Italian nurse Balia. At Lea Hurst.
(2) 1828. Water-colour drawing of Mrs. Nightingale with her two daughters (Florence is on her mother's knee). In the possession of Mrs. Leonard Cunliffe, daughter of Sir Douglas Galton. Reproduced asfrontispieceto Vol. I.
(3) 1828. Water-colour drawing of Mrs. Nightingale with her two daughters, by A. E. Chalon. At Claydon. (Similar to, but not identical in costume with, the foregoing.)
(4) 1839. Water-colour portrait, by William White, of Florence Nightingale (sitting) and her sister, Parthenope, standing. In possession of Mrs. Coltman.
(5)circ.1840. Small oil portrait by Augustus L. Egg, R.A. In the National Portrait Gallery (No. 1578). This picture was bought from Mrs. Salis Schwabe (an admirer of Miss Nightingale with whom she had a slight acquaintance) by Mr. William Rathbone, with a view to its presentation to the nation; and was given to the Portrait Gallery in 1910 by Mrs. Rathbone in accordance with her husband's desire. In view of these facts, and as the attribution to Egg agrees with dates, the Trustees accepted the portrait as authentic. Miss Nightingale's family, however, doubt whether it is so. There is no general resemblance. The face is plump, and all other portraits at that age show a thin face. The narrow ridge of F. N.'s nose is not given. The chestnut colour of the hair in the portrait is not true to life. The eyebrows are unlike. The expression is most uncharacteristic. All other early portraits, even quite slight ones, are remarkable for a peculiarly contained, self-possessed expression. The dress and ornaments are out of character; and Miss Nightingale never wore ear-rings. If the portrait be indeedof her, and by a practised artist, it can hardly have been made from the life.
(6)c.1845. Pencil sketch by Miss Hilary Bonham Carter. In the possession of Miss B. A. Clough. Reproduced in Vol. I. p.3838.
(7)c.1850. Full-length, standing beside a pedestal, on which stands an owl. Engraved by F. Holl from a pencil drawing by Parthenope Nightingale (Lady Verney). Reproduced in theIllustrated Times, February 2, 1856, and as frontispiece to theVictoria Miniature Almanack and Fashionable Remembrancerfor 1857.
(8)c.1852. Large pencil head, copied about 1880 by J. R. Parsons from a drawing by Lady Eastlake. The original was in bad condition and is believed to have been destroyed. The copy is at Lea Hurst.
(9)c.1852. Photograph, three-quarter face, almost profile; three-quarter length, seated, reading. A striped scarf. Taken in Germany. At Claydon.
(10) 1854. Photograph, seated, looking down, by Kilburn, then 222 Regent Street. Taken during Miss Nightingale's time at Harley Street. There were two positions as mentioned in the letter of Mrs. Sutherland noticed under No. 15, “looking down in one, in the other the eyes raised.” These are the photographs which some of Miss Nightingale's family considered the best.
(11) 1854. A sketch; seated, reading a book; white flower in her hair; red cross on her neck. “H. M. B. C. del.” [Miss Hilary Bonham Carter, whose initials, however, were J. H. B. C.] “Published November 28, 1854, by P. and D. Colnaghi: Colnaghi's Authentic Series.” There was also published an uncoloured print of the same drawing, which in turn was adapted in various forms—as in a print published by W. Bemrose & Sons, lettered “Miss Florence Nightingale, the Good Samaritan of Derbyshire, reading the accounts of the dreadful sufferings of our brave wounded soldiers,” etc., etc.
(12) 1855. Miss Florence Nightingale and Mr. Bracebridge on Cathcart's Hill, May 8, 1855. Lithographed by Day, and published. This drawing was made up by Lady Verney and Lady Anne Blunt from a slight sketch by Mrs. Bracebridge. Many other prints, still further removed from life, were published—such as: “Florence Nightingale in the Military Hospital at Scutari” (a coloured print published, March 16, 1855, by Read & Co., 10 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street); “Miss Florence Nightingale, the Soldiers' Friend” (drawn by Elston, published May 1, 1856, by Ellis, 51 Jewin Street, City); and “The Great Military Hospital at Scutari” (published, with a sentimental legend, Feb. 24, 1855, by Stannard & Dixon, 7 Poland Street).
(13) 1856. Oil picture of Miss Nightingale receiving the wounded at Scutari, by Jerry Barratt. Engraved as “Florence Nightingale at Scutari, A Mission of Mercy,” by S. Bellin. The picture is in the possession of Sir Percy Bates, Bart.
(14) 1856. Photograph, three-quarter length, three-quarter face, standing, by The London Stereoscopic Co. This photographwas taken at the request of Queen Victoria, and has often been reproduced.
(15) 1856. Plaster statuette; standing, with a lamp in the right hand, by Miss Hilary Bonham Carter. At Lea Hurst. There are several replicas, or versions with some differences. One is at St. Thomas's Hospital; another, in Mr. Henry Bonham Carter's possession; another, at Claydon. A second version was, by advice of Mr. Woolner, R.A., made less full in the skirt. A small version, on a reduced scale (about 15 in. high), was also made, and is very widespread. There is a letter to Miss Nightingale from Mrs. Sutherland (June 1866), in which she says: “There are photographs of the statuette which (though it seems odd to say so) are more characteristic than the actual portraits, none of which but the ‘owl’ one [No. 7], which you deprecate, give a real idea of what you were ten years ago.”
(16)c.1858. Photograph, full-length, full face, standing, by Goodman. This was generally considered by Miss Nightingale's family to be the best likeness; reproduced in Vol. I. p.394.
(17) 1862. Marble bust, by Sir John Steell. This bust, presented to Miss Nightingale by the non-commissioned officers and men of the British Army, has been placed in the Museum of the Royal United Service Institution in accordance with the provisions of her will. There is a replica at Lea Hurst.
(18) 1864. Commencement of a head by G. F. Watts, R.A. Miss Nightingale was persuaded by Sir Harry Verney to receive Mr. Watts on one or two occasions, who made a beginning only of a portrait. It is very slight, and Mr. Watts regarded it as so far a failure. He hoped to be able to resume the work, but abandoned the idea when Sir William Richmond made a portrait. The unfinished canvas is at Limnerslease.
(19) 1887. Oil portrait, half-length, by Sir W. B. Richmond, R.A. At Claydon. Reproduced as frontispiece to this volume. 1887 was the year of the final sittings; the portrait was begun at an earlier date.
(20)c.1890. Photograph, side face, in veil, by Colonel G. Lloyd Verney.
(21) 1891. Photograph, three-quarter length, seated on a couch, full face, by S. G. Payne & Son, Aylesbury. Taken at Claydon.
(22) 1906. Two photographs of Miss Nightingale in her room; by Miss E. F. Bosanquet. One of these, enlarged, is reproduced above, p.306.
(23) 1907. Two water-colour drawings (and a replica), by Miss F. Amicia de Biden Footner. One is reproduced above, p.404. These drawings of Miss Nightingale in her room at South Street are in possession of various members of the family.
(24) 1908. Chalk-drawing, by Countess Feodora Gleichen. At Windsor, made (from life) by command of King Edward VII. for a collection of portraits of members of the Order of Merit.