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'An Angel of Mercy'
A British patriotic postcard
Entitled ‘An Angel of Mercy.’, the staged, tinted scene on the front of this postcard portrays a boy dressed as a British officer lying on a makeshift stretcher (which actually appears to be a deckchair) on the grass, looking up at a girl dressed as a nurse, who is leaning over him with a glass of water in her hand. On the back is the printed circular logo – a ship at sea – of ‘Silk & Terry Birmin…
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- The Army Children Archive
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2017-01-10 14:32:20 UTC
- 2017-01-10
- 2017-01-10
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 21235
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/21235
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:16:09.922Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z