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Black-and-white photograph of a plague hospital ward with patients on cots, a table with bottles, and three standing staff in light clothing under a timber roof.

Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: interior of a plague hospital. Photograph attributed to Clifton & Co.

A black-and-white photograph of a long, timber-roofed hospital ward with rows of cots along both walls, some occupied by patients under dark blankets. Two men in light suits and a woman in a white dress and apron stand near a central table with bottles, beneath hanging lamps.

Artist
Clifton & Co.
Date
[1896/1897]
Medium
Photographic prints Photographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3033 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Interior de una sala de hospital de peste, Bombay, 1896-1897

Fotografía en blanco y negro de una larga sala de hospital con techo de madera y filas de camas a lo largo de ambas paredes, algunas ocupadas por pacientes cubiertos con mantas oscuras. Dos hombres con trajes claros y una mujer de vestido blanco y delantal están junto a una mesa central con frascos.

Português: Interior de uma enfermaria de peste, Bombaim, 1896-1897

Fotografia em preto e branco de uma longa enfermaria com teto de madeira e fileiras de camas ao longo das duas paredes, algumas ocupadas por pacientes cobertos com cobertores escuros. Dois homens de ternos claros e uma mulher de vestido branco e avental estão perto de uma mesa central com frascos.