Picture No | 10219306 |
Date | 1870 |
Description | Franco-Prussian War. London Office 1870 |
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Charity set up in England to help the poor and wounded in the Franco-Prussian War. Sympathy in Britain was initially with the Germans during the conflict but soon came to rest with the French and this scene depicts activities in the relief office with women keeping accounts and men sorting linen for use in France.
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Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 10 September 1870, page 273 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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