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Publisher

E. Le Deley

Date Published

1918

Description

Postcard depicts the portrait of Edith Cavell in the French panorama, Panthéon De La Guerre, which featured 5,000 full length portraits of prominent figures from World War I.

Publishing Note

1918 - Copyright by the Pantheon de la Guerre Imp. Le Deley, Paris. Edit. Art. H. Manuel, Paris.

Postcard Text

P. Carrier-Belleuse -- Pantheon De La Guerre -- A.-F. Gorguet

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Portraits

Topical Subject

Panthéon De La Guerre; Panoramas -- France; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium

Medical Subject

Nurses -- Belgium; Nurses -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Belgium; Capital Punishment -- Belgium; World War I -- Belgium

City/Country Location

Paris (France)

Original Item Medium

postcards

Original Item Size

14 x 9 cm.

Genre

postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng; fre

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Miss Edith Cavell Pantheon De La Guerre, Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection, Accession Number 2016-02-01, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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cavell_019a.jpg

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