From:Florence Nightingale Museum

Name/TitleDrawing by Annette Garfitt, "Theatre Nurse"

About this objectA drawing by Annette Garfitt, "Theatre Nurse".

Drawn while on Night Duty at St Thomas' Hospital, September 1939.

Annette describes how"they wore green uniforms and they were in the operating theatre, and they never came out of it, I suppose. I mean, they do come, sometimes they came down with a patient, but they were like Goddesses up there."

MakerAnnette Garfitt nee Bowen

Maker RoleArtist

Date Made09/1939

Period20th Century

Medium and MaterialsPaper
Pencil

Place MadeSt Thomas' Hospital, London

Inscription and MarksTheatre Nurse
September '39.

Signed FAB

Measurements19.2 x 25.4cm (Drawing)

30.5 x 39.5cm (Card Mount)

Object TypeDrawing

Object number1095.12

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