2-639-251 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Victoria Hospital, Netley', 1859. Royal Victoria Hospital, or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction began in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria, its design caused some controversy, from Florence Nightingale. The hospital was used extensively during the First World War. After James Charles Armytage (1802 or c1820-1897). From The History of England Div XIII by David Hume & Tobias Smollett. [Virtue & Co., London, 1859].