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Florence Nightingale disliked having her portrait taken as much as she hated being a celebrity, yet it was largely through the visual representations of her face and person in the press that she gained iconic status in Victorian England.
Used as a model by her artistic and adoring sister and cousin, sketches of the young Nightingale contrast sharply with the photographs and paintings of her later years, when the pressures of her work and ill health are very apparent.
Representations of the idealised Angel of the Crimea tell as much about attitudes of her time as they do about the reality of her life. Natasha McEnroe will examine Nightingale’s life through a selection of images of her, and will consider whether they can shed some light on the controversy around the mysterious illness of her later years.
Join Natasha McEnroe, director of the Florence Nightingale Museum and the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, for this interesting talk.
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2017-01-31 2017-01-31 Europe/London Florence Nightingale’s Reluctant Life in Portraiture A talk about how Florence Nightingale, who hated having her portrait taken became an enduring image of nursing. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2017/01/31/florence-nightingales-reluctant-life-in-portraiture-134688 The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret,9a Saint Thomas Street,London,LondonLocation
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret,
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