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DiaporamaDigital recreation of Florence Nightingale
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About this artwork
- Title: Digital recreation of Florence Nightingale
- Artist: Florence Nightingale
- Year: 1856
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Leeds Museums - Galleries
- Movement: Statistical Visualization
- Creative period: Mid-Victorian
- Corpus context: crimean war impact , innovative chart design
- Color palette: Pastels
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