Is this ‘Mash’, ‘General Hospital’ or World War II? Her Mother and I found this in some very very old pictues. Has anyone ever seen anyone wear a uniform with a hat that looks like this? Maybe it’s as ‘The World Turns’? Was it a century ago? A millennium?
I know with all the research Lilies we have we will identify and write a story of the year of?????
I must say she sure is beautiful and sweet looking. The Mona Lisa will have to move aside and let this anonoymous lady reign. (Mona Lisa |Л?mЕЌnЙ™ Л?lД“sЙ™; Л?lД“zЙ™| a painting (now in the Louvre in Paris) executed 1503–06 by Leonardo da Vinci. The sitter was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; her enigmatic smile has become one of the most famous images in Western art. Also called La Gioconda .)
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I perceive that the mysterious lady in the portrait is Florence Nightingale, a lively and attractive young academic and a renowned angel of mercy who became a nurse when she heard the voice of God calling her to come do “His work” as she walked in the gardens in Embley, England.
This portrait has been restored by a new recovery process bringing forth the colorings from the original portrait of 1860.
Florence is a true heroine who answered the call of God on her life and because of that obedience, her name has become synonymous with compassion and mercy.
MG,just awesome
There is something in the look of compassion yet great strength and courage in this nurse’s face that takes me back to the many days I worked in the greenhouses at the National Park Service’s historic Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Oh how beautiful then were the gardens and trees. And such a peaceful vista overlooking the Rappahannock river and the city of Frederickburg. But not always this way. For this Georgian manor house refered to as ‘The Lacy House’ in the 1860’s was used as hospital for wounded soldiers during the Civil War. I read that more than 130 soldiers died and were buried on the grounds.
Among those who volunteered at Chatham during this bloody battle of Frederickburg was Walt Whitman and a particular nurse who served tirelessly and fearlessly among the wounded and dying. Here is an excerpt from a letter she wrote to her cousin copied from the Library of Congress that is on display at Chatham. She writes, concerned about the families of these soldiers ,…”would to Heaven that I could bear for you the concentrated woe which is so soon to follow, would that Christ would teach my soul a prayer that would plead to the Father for grace sufficient for you, God pity and strengthen you every one.” This nurse was called ‘The Angel of the Battlefield’ and helped to found the American Red Cross. Looking at her photo at Chatham…there seems to be a strange familiarity with our nurse above…but that was so long ago…. could it be…could she be…
Clara Barton?
I wonder if there could be any souls of compassion in OUR day and age who would care for the sick with the love and mercy of Christ? Could the above portrait be one of such as these? The STRIPES of mercy diplayed upon the cap….could they be RACING STRIPES for those who run their RACE with diligence; adding to their faith…a stripe for VIRTUE and to VIRTUE a stripe for KNOWLEDGE and to KNOWLEDGE a stripe for PATIENCE…(that’s where Nursing shines…. PATIENCE with the PATIENTS) and to these, adding stripes for character, kindness and charity. (2Peter 1:5) Lesson from “DANCE OF HEALING’ (c)Sara
AH YES!!! The REFRAINS of The RETREAT in NC still waft upon the airwaves and many lives continue to be changed, hearts gladdened and souls restored.
FLORENCE & CLARA would have LOVED IT!!!
With wings on the head like these, she must be an angel of mercy.
PS I have seen someone that looks almost like this but they are a lot older. Well, I guess this style went out in the 50’s…..
Why does Wendy not have a hat? She only got a pin!
she could be the Angel of Mercy..for her uniform and the cap with its stripe do bear quite a resemblence to that of Mother Teresa…It is said that “misery had a foe in Mother Teresa and that she had an unforgetable touch”…and in India Mother Teresa devoted her time to the blind, the disabled, the aged, and the poor..Her work was almost always praised and the sisters in her order under her guidance focused their attention on giving comfort to the sick and the dying…something I know this beautiful Angel of Mercy above does..Just like Jesus said of John the Baptist..that this was the spirit of Elijah …..Mother Teresa….same cap..same compassion..same love
It is widely believed that communication has more to do with non-verbal than verbal. This white uniform and cap seems to speak volumns to the heart of man. I think deep in our hearts we desire to see heroes of today at work.
Good reminder to all of us Dorothy to remember that our uniform and demeanor tells a story.