Convalescence Collection

Our Soldiers: how they are Made and Mended
A series of intricate images by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley showing scenes on the Western Front in a mounted regiment followed by the transportation of an injured officer to hospital

Holiday home and house of rest for business women, 1882
3478828 Holiday home and house of rest for business women, 1882; (add.info.: Holiday home and house of rest for business women, Babbacombe, Devon)

Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400460 Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Holiday home and house of rest for business women, 1882
3478827 Holiday home and house of rest for business women, 1882; (add.info.: Holiday home and house of rest for business women, Babbacombe, Devon, 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lady Baird & wounded at Chambery, 19 June 1918 (date created or published later). Lady Constance Barbara Baird at the Hopital Militaire Belge (Belgian Military Hospital) at Chambe´ry

Wounded American, Neuilly, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded American, Neuilly, 1918 or 1919. A wounded American soldier in hospital bed, Neuilly, France, during or shortly after World War I.

Knitting class Lafayette House, knitting class of wounded, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Knitting class Lafayette House, knitting class of wounded, between 1917 and c1920. Woman teaching soldiers how to knit at Lafayette House

Red Cross wounded officer, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Red Cross wounded officer, between 1917 and c1920. Nurse with wounded officer at Lafayette House, a convalescent home for veterans located at 112 Central Park South, New York City.

American Field hospital, Auteuil, c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Field hospital, Auteuil, c1915. An American field hospital in Auteuil, Paris, France around 1915 during World War I.

American wounded in base hospital, France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
American wounded in base hospital, France, 1917 or 1918. American soldiers with nurses in Ward 10, Base Hospital in Talence, France during World War I.

Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915 (date created or published later). Mrs. Agnes Power Marsh, wife of Henry Wheelwright Marsh at Warwick Castle with soldiers wounded in World

Convalescent German soldier, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Convalescent German soldier, between c1915 and 1918. A German soldier sawing wood as a nun looks on, during World War I.

Wounded, Quimper, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded, Quimper, 1918. Nun, nurse and wounded soldiers making baskets outside a hospital in Quimper, France during World War I.

Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Wounded soldiers during World War I.

Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. A woman playing the piano for soldiers in a hospital in Berlin, Germany at Christmas, during World War I.

The Convalescent, 1867. Creator: Ferdinand Fagerlin
The Convalescent, 1867

Allegory of the Dauphin's Convalescence (Allegorie sur la convalescence du Dauphin), 1752

'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Schachnar Ward -- The Morning Round, 18 Creator: Unknown
'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Schachnar Ward -- The Morning Round, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, Creator: Unknown
'The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Visiting the convalescent. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Mallet
Visiting the convalescent

His Excellency Caught a Chill. Resting at his Dacha near Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
His Excellency Caught a Chill. Resting at his Dacha near Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia

Craigweil House, Bognor Regis - where George V Convalesced
Craigweil House, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - where George V convalesced between February 9th 1929 and May 15th 1929. The house had to be pulled down in 1938 following a fire Date: 1935

George V and Princess Elizabeth, Craigwell House, Bognor Regis, 1929 (1937). Artist: CE Turner
King George V and Princess Elizabeth, Craigwell House, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, during his convalescence in 1929, (1937)

The first sign of convalescence. Date: 1892

The Convalescents, 1915. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Convalescents, 1915

The Convalescents, plate two from Actualites, 1915, published May 1915

Reading to the Convalescent, c. 1827 (oil on canvas)
877131 Reading to the Convalescent, c.1827 (oil on canvas) by Franquelin, Jean Augustin (1798-1839); 61.3x50.4 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; French

A tall Australian assists in selling roses to wounded soldiers: a Rose Day incident
STC407134 A tall Australian assists in selling roses to wounded soldiers: a Rose Day incident, from The Illustrated War News, 21st June 1916 (sepia photo) by English Photographer

The Foster Sisters (engraving)
1610654 The Foster Sisters (engraving) by Bostock, John (1808-1872); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Foster Sisters. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 14 October 1865)

General Heintzelman Entertaining Friends at the Convalescent Camp, Alexandria
STC354336 General Heintzelman Entertaining Friends at the Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, 1861-65 (b/w photo) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) & studio; Private Collection; (add.info)

In Fulham Palace courtyard, 1914-19 (b / w photo)
STC359576 In Fulham Palace courtyard, 1914-19 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Convalescent (oil on canvas)
PCT164448 The Convalescent (oil on canvas) by Jalabert, Jean (1815-1900); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Getting Better, 1876 (oil on canvas)
CH251491 Getting Better, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 103x91 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Home the Return, 1866 (oil on canvas)
CH136656 Home the Return, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Egley, William Maw (1826-1916); 76.2x124.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Convalescing child (litho)
5997155 Convalescing child (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Convalescing child)

Ex-voto painting, 1851
XBP229294 Ex-voto painting, 1851 by Mexican School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: votive painting commemorating recovery of illness; ); Photo eBoltin Picture Library; Mexican

"There was an Old Person of Rheims, who was troubled with horrible dreams", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386630 " There was an Old Person of Rheims, who was troubled with horrible dreams", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Wounded on the Western Front: gallant South Africans in hospital in England
STC407155 Wounded on the Western Front: gallant South Africans in hospital in England, from The Illustrated War News, 26th July 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Pembroke Lodge, Kensington, London, 1914-19 (b / w photo)
STC359575 Pembroke Lodge, Kensington, London, 1914-19 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Residence of Mr Bonar Law)

Jug from Clermont-Ferrand, France, 18th century, with escutcheon, foliage and inscription Convalescence de M. Rossignol Intendant d Auvergne, M. Peyrot Trezorier de Lordre, 26 Mars 1738

Convalescing soldiers playing chess in a ward at Sulhampstead House Hospital, Berkshire
3037542 Convalescing soldiers playing chess in a ward at Sulhampstead House Hospital, Berkshire, c.1918 (w/c on paper) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929); National Army Museum

A Good Turn - Get Well Soon
A little girl reads a book with an invalid friend who is recuperating in bed. Date: c. 1930

Ordered South (engraving)
1603777 Ordered South (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ordered South. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 10 December 1892)

The Kings Convalescence, a Royal Visitor at Cowes (litho)
1600817 The Kings Convalescence, a Royal Visitor at Cowes (litho) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kings Convalescence, a Royal Visitor at Cowes)

A Wounded Danish Soldier and his Betrothed (engraving)
1099427 A Wounded Danish Soldier and his Betrothed (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Wounded Danish Soldier and his Betrothed)

Peaceful scene through an open window, WW1
Peaceful scene through an open window, probably painted by a convalescent soldier, First World War. 1914-1918

The Kings Convalescence, the Night Scene at Cowes (litho)
1600816 The Kings Convalescence, the Night Scene at Cowes (litho) by Jane, Fred T. (1870-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kings Convalescence, the Night Scene at Cowes, His Majestys Guard)

The Kings Convalescence, the Queens Evening Cruise (litho)
1600800 The Kings Convalescence, the Queens Evening Cruise (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kings Convalescence, the Queens Evening Cruise)

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Convalescence is a journey of resilience and healing, where strength is forged and wounds are mended. Our soldiers, brave warriors who sacrifice for our freedom, understand this process intimately. In 1892, the first sign was documented, marking the beginning of a long road to recovery. Craigweil House in Bognor Regis holds a significant place in history as it became the sanctuary where George V found solace during his own convalescence. In 1929 (1937), an artist named CE Turner captured a heartwarming moment between George V and Princess Elizabeth at Craigwell House, showcasing the power of love and support during this crucial period. Across the world in Kurunegala Rest House, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Carlton Hotel in Nuwara Eliya, and New Rest House in Negombo also served as havens for those seeking respite from their ailments. These serene locations provided not only physical rejuvenation but also mental tranquility amidst breathtaking landscapes. In sepia-toned photographs titled "Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, " we catch glimpses of camaraderie among convalescents during World War I. The images speak volumes about their unwavering spirit despite enduring unimaginable hardships on the battlefield. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen's artwork from 1915 further emphasizes the significance of convalescent care. His piece titled "The Convalescents" portrays individuals finding solace together while recovering from injuries sustained during war. This poignant depiction reminds us that even amidst adversity, unity can be found. A painting dating back to c. 1827 showcases another aspect - reading to those on their path to recovery. This act symbolizes hope and intellectual nourishment as literature becomes a source of comfort for these individuals yearning for normalcy once again. Lastly, we witness compassion through small acts like selling roses to wounded soldiers.