Matron Collection

Ward at Kings College
Wigram ward of Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. London

Union Workhouse, Thame, Oxfordshire
A view of the Thame Union workhouse from one of its internal yards with the workhouse chapel in the background. Posed for the photographer are what appear to be the workhouse master (standing)

Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron

Nancy Lancaster and Clementine Churchill
Outside the new Churchill Hospital of the American Hospital in Britain, opened at Oxford: Mrs Ronald Tree (Nancy Lancaster, the influential interior decorator), Professor Phillip D Wilson

Dame Ethel Becher / Stamp
Dame ETHEL HOPE BECHER, Matron in Chief of the Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) between 1910 & 191"

King George V at the battle front
King George V at an unspecified First World War battle front, meeting a nursing matron

EYE TEST / 1958
The school matron tests the eye sight of a few young boys

Matron Instructs Nurse
A Matron (distinguished by her head gear) explains a piece of equipment to a nurse. Note the bottle of poison on the left

Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Date: 2014

Overdressed Edwardian matron on Queen's Road tube
Complete with hat, umbrella and full length dress the lady is being eyed askance by a more modern gentleman leaning on his stick under the Queen's Road sign.Postcard advert for Shurey's

Allegorical representation of Greece by Choiseul-Gouffier. She sits with her arm on the tomb of Leonidas, in front of funeral monuments including Simonides of Ceoss poem to the 300 Spartans who died

Roman legionaries with ballista during a siege
Roman legionaries in lorica armour and galea helmets with shields and spears during a siege. Slingers sling lead shot, and two artillery men load darts into a ballista protected by fortifications

Bont Newydd Orphanage, Carnarvon
Children and matron at the Calvinistic Methodists Orphanage at Bont Newydd, near Carnarvon (Caernarfon). Date: early 1900s

Statue of public priestess and matron of the fullers Eumachia. From the building of Eumachia on the east side of the Forum, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by G

Fancy Dress at the Royal Victoria Hospital Bournemouth. Large group in wide variety of costumes ? and matron in the centre. Reverse annotated Royal Victoria Hospital Bournemouth 1930s Date: circa 1930

Nurses prize giving, Llandough Hospital. Formal group of 16 nurses, matron, probable mayor and mayoress, two other gentlemen. Date: 1936

Formal group of ten nurses and Matron, West Middlesex Hospit
Formal group of ten nurses and Matron Miss Eva Huggins, West Middlesex Hospital. Formal group, posed outdoors. Reverse reads West Middlesex Hospital ?1925

Formal group of male nurses with probable matron and doctor_ superintendent. Photograph taken in possible boardroom, with three large paintings of probable doctors behind group Date: 1945-60

The prize-winners, Newcastle General Hospital. Reverse reads The Prize-winners June 1934 N_C General Hospital. Left ? Brown, Yetts [?sp], Robins, Rowe Right

Nurses, sister, matron outdoors. Date: 1950-60

Matron, Gold and Bronze Medallists, Acton Hospital. Reverse reads Gold & Bronze Medallist with the Matron Acton Hospital Date: 1950-60

Formal group of matron, nurses and sister outdoors, at General Hospital Tunbridge Wells, Kent. New print from older photograph

The maids at St Peter?s Hospital
A large group of maids in mob caps and two orderlies with matron at centre. Reverse reads The maids at St Peters Hospital Date: 1922-26

Group of nurses with doctors at Didsbury
Group of nine nurses, matron and two doctors outside in front of an ivy covered wall. Matron sits at centre, with doctors on either side

Presentation of prize to nurse
Nurse receiving prize of book with matron in background Date: circa 1949

Childrens ward tea party with nurses, matron and three ladies. Date: circa 1920

Mr and Mrs Alfred Mager, Edgworth
Alfred William Mager was a co-founder of the National Childrens Home (NCH). From 1872 to 1907 he was governor of the charitys home at Edgworth, Lancashire, with his wife Elizabeth Esther as matron

Union Workhouse, Chard, Somerset
The Chard Union workhouse, also known locally as Sunnylands, in Chard, Somerset. The people in front are presumably the master and matron (right) and porter and nurse (left)

Medical Examination 1940
A doctor examines a little boys chest with his stethoscope during a visit to a Toddlers Evacuation Hotel, where he caused quite a stir amongst curious tots!

Royal Albert Orphanage, Worcester
The frontage of the Royal Albert Orphanage, Worcester. A man and woman, presumably the superintendent and matron, stand at the entrance. Date: early 1900s

The Queen at Dundee Royal Infirmary
The Queen at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Scotland. She is accompanied by the Matron, Miss O. A. Day, and followed by the Duke of Edinburgh. Date: 1955

Stout Lady & Corset
A stout matron admires her ample figure once it has been shoe-horned into a corset. Her maid, holding a petticoat, looks on. Date: 1910

Hull Workhouse, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
A picture of what is presumably the cricket team of the Kingston-upon-Hull Incorporation workhouse in Hull, Yorkshire. The workhouse master

Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, London
The grounds of what is believed to be the workhouse infirmary at Cale Street, Chelsea, London. A uniformed matron and nurse stand at the centre while two men look

Claudia Quinta dragging a ship into Rome
The Roman matron Claudia Quinta clears her name by dragging a ship bearing a statue of the Cult of the Great Mother (Magna Mater, Cult of Cybele) into Rome, after first praying to the gods for help

St Cuthberts Waifs and Strays Society Home, Darlington
Children, matron, staff and dog at the Waifs and Strays Societys St Cuthberts Home, Darlington Date: circa 1896

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mrs Allwise the Matron. 1928

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Allwise the Matrons husband. 1928

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Allwise the Matrons son. 1928

Ceramic plate. Decorated head matron. Greek imitation. 3rd c
Phiale or patera, libation bowl. Ceramic plate. Decorated head matron. Greek imitation. 3rd century BC. From Bari, Italy. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Costume of a matron of Pernio. Reconstruction. Finland
Costume of a matron of Pernio. Reconstruction based on a remains from the tomb of Cemetery of Pernio. 12th century. National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Allwise the Matrons daughter. 1928

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Mount Hermon Home for Girls, Hastings, Sussex
Matron and girls at the Mount Hermon Home for Girls, Hastings, run by the Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls. By the 1930s, the home had been taken over by the Childrens Aid Society

C13th German Costume
Women: tabard style super- tunic (surcote) worn over a gown, loose flowing hair, ornamental fillet (circlet), veil, barbette & fillet. Man: tunic, mantle & cape. Date: 13th century

Alison Skipworth (1863 1952), American character actress of stage and screen, seen here as Miss Crawley in Becky Sharp (1935)

Barnardos Home, Teighmore, Jersey
Matron and boys at Barnardos Home, Teighmore, Jersey. Date: circa 1905

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