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  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: soldiers outside the principal facade. Line engraving by W. Watkins, 1831, after B. Ferry.
  • A ward in a military hospital showing two convalescents and two bed-ridden patients. Wood engraving after Cham, 1870.
  • Hôtel des Invalides, Paris: panoramic view from the river. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne, 1821, after F. Nash.
  • Boer War: the Doecker Hospital Huts at Netley with patients and a horse-drawn carriage outside. Halftone, 1900, after a photograph by S. Cribb.
  • A lone, wounded, French grenadier greets a skeletal death figure with the words "I am ready". Lithograph, 1829, by N.-T. Charlet.
  • Boer War: a busy street scene with gracious ladies offering food, drink and assistance to wounded soldiers. Process print after C. Shepperson after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
  • Crimean War, England: Queen Victoria distributing Crimean War medals. Line engraving, 1856.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers waiting outside a field hospital for examination by the surgeon. Halftone after R. Thiele, c.1900.
  • A group of invalided soldiers at the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Wood engraving, c. 1855.
  • Boer War: soldiers from the Imperial Yeomanry and a nurse outside a military hospital tent. Process print after J. Hall Edwards, 1900.
  • A disabled soldier has his wooden legs stolen by four Irishmen in a bar. Colour lithograph by H.G. Banks, ca. 1899.
  • Wounded soldiers convalescing in the grounds of the English Hospital, Erzerum, Turkey. Wood engraving.
  • A veteran soldier with a pair of crutches is sitting on a bench talking to a young woman who has brought him some refreshment. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1825.
  • Four invalided soldiers from the hospital barracks at Brompton, London. Wood engraving.
  • Boer War: the deck of a homeward-bound hospital ship about to depart, with two wounded soldiers shaking hands. Gouache painting by W. Small, c. 1900, after D. Gunn.
  • Boer War: wounded army officers on the deck of a hospital ship, and a piece from an armoured train. Halftone, c. 1900.
  • Boer War: a full ward in the military hospital at Wynberg, South Africa, with nurses attending the wounded. Pen and ink drawing by P.F.S. Spence, c.1900, after H. Egersdorfer.
  • Lame people, war victims and beggars receiving alms at a hospital. Etching after J. Callot.