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Florence Nightingale

Find this portrait

Talk to your partners

What can you see?

Find the people in uniform. Who are they?

What has happened to them?

Who are they pointing at?

Answer the questions

Which person in the portrait is Florence Nightingale?

How can you tell?

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What is she doing?

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When you have finished, talk to your partners and answer the questions

Have you visited the doctor or the hospital?

What jobs do nurses do?

Make a list of all the jobs you can think of.

What type of person is a good nurse?

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This is a portrait of Florence Nightingale.

Are these sentences true or false?

Florence Nightingale lived more than 100 years ago True False

The Crimean War lasted two years True False

She looked after wounded soldiers True False

Fewer soldiers died after she cleaned the wards True False

Read this text

Florence Nightingale lived in the nineteenth century.

She was a nurse.

There was a war in the Crimea in Russia in 1854–56.

The war was between Russia and Great Britain.

Florence Nightingale looked after the wounded soldiers.

The hospitals were dirty.

Lots of soldiers died.

She cleaned the hospital wards and fewer soldiers died.

NPG 1784


THE VICTORIANS: Back at college



Back at college

Using the worksheets you completed in the Gallery, write a label about the

portrait you looked at with your partners. Use the vocabulary in the worksheet

to help you.

Title of portrait:

Painter:

Material: Date:

Number:

Description:




Queen Elizabeth II

Back at college

Find portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria on the National Portrait

Gallery website www.npg.org.uk

Talk to your partners and answer the questions

How are the portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria the same?

How are the portraits different?

Look at the clothes and the faces

She is Q _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ II.

She is Q _ _ _ _ of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

You can see portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in many places.

C _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

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Mary Seacole

Find this portrait

Is the woman young or old?

The woman is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The woman is called Mary Jane Seacole.

Mary Jane Seacole was a nurse from Jamaica. Where is Jamaica?

Look at the portrait. What can you see?

Tick the things you see

Medals Scarf Earring

Read this text

Mary Seacole grew up in Jamaica.

She learnt to be a nurse.

She travelled to Britain.

She looked after wounded soldiers in the Crimean War.

She made medicines for her patients from plants.

She made sure the hospital wards were clean and the soldiers

were nourished.

She came back to Britain a heroine.

She wrote a book called The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in

Many Lands.

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Mary Seacole

Draw objects in the boxes of Mary Seacole’s life. Give each object a title.

When you have finished, read the sentences and talk to your partners

The hospitals in the Crimea were dirty.

The wounded soldiers died of disease and lack of food.

Mary Seacole cleaned the hospital wards.

She gave the soldiers medicine and food.

More soldiers lived. Why?

Her book, The

Wonderful Adventures

of Mrs Seacole

Born in Jamaica




Mary Seacole

Back at college



to help you.

Title of portrait:

Painter:

Material: Date:

Number:

Description:




Queen Elizabeth II

Back at college







She is Q _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ II.



C _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

NPG x125853


THE VICTORIANS


Find this portrait

What can you see in the portrait?

Circle the things you see.

Draw a picture of one of the lions.

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Artist Lions Bucket Dog Steps

NPG 835


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What words describe the qualities of a lion?

Tick all the words you agree with

When you have finished, can you find animals in other portraits in

the Gallery?

Talk to your partners

What animals can you see?

Lions from Trafalgar Square

Where is this?

This is

T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _

It is in L _ _ _ _ _

Who is this?

Lord N _ _ _ _ _

Strong

Small

Powerful

Weak

Leader


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Read this text

Nelson’s Column is in Trafalgar Square.

It was built to remember Lord Nelson.

He died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

At the bottom of Nelson’s Column are four lions.

Answer the questions

Why did the artist choose lions to decorate Nelson’s Column?

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Are the lions large or small?

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What event does Nelson’s Column remember?

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When you have finished, talk to your partners

Are there any statues, public sculptures or memorials in your local area?

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What are they statues of?

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Do you like them?

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Back at college



to help you.

Title of portrait:

Painter:

Material: Date:

Number:

Description:




Queen Elizabeth II

Back at college







She is Q _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ II.



C _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

NPG x125853


THE VICTORIANS


Queen Victoria

Find this portrait

Look at the portrait and answer the questions

Who is the woman? What is her job?

She is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Is the woman young or old?

The woman is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is the she wearing on her head?

Who wears a crown?

Label the portrait

L _ _ _

D _ _ _ _

C _ _ _ _

T _ _ _ _ _

S _ _ _ _ _ _

U _ _ _ _ _ _

UnicornThroneLions

DressSceptreCrown

Ring

R _ _ _

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NP

G 1

25

0

This is a c _ _ _ _


THE VICTORIANS

Queen Victoria

Find the four objects (rose, thistle, harp and dragon) in the painting

of Queen Victoria.

Tick when you find them

Now match the object to the flag

Rose

Thistle

Harp

Dragon

Scotland

Ireland

Wales

England



THE VICTORIANS


Queen Victoria

Look at the portrait of Queen Victoria and talk to your partners

What is she sitting on?

Do you think she always sits here or is it a special day?

What special day is it?

What is she thinking?

Queen Victoria was small. Do you think she looks important in the painting?

What is she wearing to show how important she is?

Queen Victoria was 152cm tall. How tall are you?




Queen Victoria

Back at college



to help you.

Title of portrait:

Painter:

Material: Date:

Number:

Description:




Queen Elizabeth II

Back at college







She is Q _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ II.



C _ _ _ S _ _ _ _

NPG x125853

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