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Christmas Day in a ward of a hospital. Watercolour
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Christmas Day in a ward of a hospital. Watercolour

Dakin

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Xmas 1918. Dated 1917 on the backing board but 1918 on the front; presumed to show Christmas decorations over the Christmas/New Year holiday 1917-1918. Inscribed on backing board: "Union Jack" Ward Xmas Day, 1917. By Nrs.[?] Dakin[?] V.A.D. Nurse.

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