Artist/Photographer

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Publisher

F. MAT

Date Published

1915-1930

Description

Depicts the cell in which Edith Cavell was held in St. Gilles Prison, Brussels.

Publishing Note

Photo F. MAT, 90, rue George Leclercq, Forest. (Reproduction interdite).

Postcard Text

Bruxelles - Prison de St-Gilles. Cellule de Miss Edith Cavell fusillée par les Allemands. Prison of St. Giles. Mis Edith Cavell's cell killed by the Germans.

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915

Topical Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium

Geographic Subject

Brussels (Belgium)

Medical Subject

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

City/Country Location

Brussels (Belgium)

Original Item Medium

postcards

Original Item Size

9 x 14 cm.

Genre

postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng; fre

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this material is unknown. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Prison of St. Gilles, Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection, Accession Number 2016-02-01, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

File Name

cavell_044a.jpg

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