Lot 4074

Description

Florence Nightingale signature, in ink and dated 15/5/83 on an off-white card (approx 5x2.5cm), matted and a photo (approx 9x14cm) of an artist's drawing of Florence at Embley December 28th 1857, this also matted, all framed under glass (approx 19x29.5cm). Light toning to edges, otherwise fine.

With certificate of authenticity of RR Auction, also history of Florence Nightingale OM, RRC (1820-1910), referred to as 'The Lady with the Lamp', a nickname she was given during the Crimean War. Born at Florence, Italy to a wealthy British family, Nightingale went on to lay the foundation for a professional nursing service when in 1860 she established the first secular nursing school in the world at St Thomas's Hospital in London. The 4,000 acre country estate of Embley Park in Hampshire was the family home of the Nightingale family where Florence grew up surrounded by great wealth and luxury. In 1946 it became a private school and since 2006 Hampshire Collegiate School.