Informal portrait of two nursing sisters enjoying a cup of tea, probably in a sitting room of the ...

Accession Number P04544.012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made South Africa
Date made c 1900
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of two nursing sisters enjoying a cup of tea, probably in a sitting room of the hospital where they worked, possibly in Bulowayo, South Africa. The room is decorated with plants and vases of flowers as well as personal items such as pictures, on the wall. Identified, left to right: Sister Marianne Rawson; unidentified (obscured by plant); Sister Annie Eliza Helen Thomson.