From:Florence Nightingale Museum

Name/TitleDrawing by Annette Garfitt, "No 10 Sleeping Policeman"

About this objectA drawing by Annette Garfitt, "No 10 Sleeping Policeman".

Drawn while on Night Duty at St Thomas' Hospital, 1939.

This was the only patient sketched. Annette Garfitt described how the police "... were good to us afterwards if they saw us out in the street."

MakerAnnette Garfitt nee Bowen

Maker RoleArtist

Date Made1939

Period20th Century

Medium and MaterialsPaper
Pencil

Place MadeSt Thomas' Hospital, London

Inscription and MarksNo 10
Sleeping Policeman

Signed FAB

Measurements19.4 x 19.7cm (Drawing)

30.5 x 39.5cm (Card Mount)

Object TypeDrawing

Object number1095.22

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