Regina di carita
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Campestrini, A. D. (Alcide Davide), 1863-1940, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
- Publication:
- Milano : Manifattura Peko, [1914]
- Language(s):
- Italian
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Famous Persons Italy Elena, Queen, consort of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 1873-1952.
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Color portrait of the Queen Elena of Italy dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform standing in a field. Behind her is an overturned horse cart, with the horse lying on the ground either dead or wounded. Next to it lies a wounded man, shirtless, his head and arm bandaged, being gently supported from behind by a woman in a dark red dress. In the distance, against a setting sun, are two small figures carrying guns, walking away.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101684202 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101684202