World War I: Trinity College Cambridge, Neville's Court, occupied by wards of the 1st Eastern General Hospital. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery, 1914.
- Spradbery, Walter Ernest, 1889-1969.
- Date:
- 1914
- Reference:
- 47358i
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1st Eastern General Hospital was established in Trinity College Cambridge in September 1914. Beds were placed around the cloisters of Neville's Court in a temporary arrangement. Later a large hut hospital was built on the football pitches situated where Cambridge University Library now stands (exhibition in Cambridge City Libraries, 1999)
Publication/Creation
1914
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; sight 43.7 x 54.3 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Walter E. Spradbery.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 47358i
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Location Status Access Closed stores