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Title
Postcard, Nightingale Monument, Westminster Abbey
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1905-1909
Publication Information
James Valentine & Sons, Ltd
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description
Title taken from image. Photograph of a marble monument dedicated to Lady Elizabeth Nightingale in St Michael’s chapel, off the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The sculpture depicts "Death" aiming a spear at the dying figure of Lady Nightingale, held by her husband. Uncirculated, monochromatic, with divided back. Described as a view card, based on a realistic image of a specific location.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
bbf00461.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/586
Language
English
Subject
Postcards--1900-1910
Postcards--England
Buildings--England
Westminster Abbey
Architecture--Great Britain
Historic buildings
Churches
Church architecture
Skeletons
Monuments
Carvings
Sculptures
Arches
Columns
Place
London (England)
Source
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 8, Item 3
Relation
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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