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St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation
London
Title
The Good Samaritan
Date
c.1900?
Medium
ceramic & paint
Measurements
H 427 x W 202 x D 17 cm (E)
Accession number
S2001.655
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Governors of the Hospital
Work type
Relief
Signature/marks description
bottom left corner on doorstep of inn: H. DOULTON / LAMBETH; artist's monogram lower right 'G' entwined with 'T'
Inscription description
below relief: TO THE MEMORY OF / SARAH ELIZABETH WARDROPER. / A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD AND MAN THE WORKING LEADER IN A GREAT REFORM QUIETLY AND PEACEABLY PURSUED BY WHICH THE CARE OF THE SICK TOOK ITS RIGHT PLACE / AS A HIGH AND HOLY CALLING THAT ENLISTS THE NOBLEST QUALITIES OF HEART AND MIND AND TURNS TO EFFICIENT USE THE INTELLIGENCE REFINEMENT AND DEVOTION OF GOOD WOMEN. / FOR 33 YEARS MRS WARDROPER RENDERED FAITHFUL SERVICE AS MATRON OF THIS HOSPITAL SELECTED BY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSES ESTABLISHED / BY HER IN THIS HOSPITAL . SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL DURING THE LAST 27 YEARS IN TRAINING AND SENDING OUT INTO OUR OWN AND OTHER LANDS CAPABLE WOMEN WORTHY TO CARRY ON THE GOOD WORK. / SHE RETIRED FROM HER POST IN JUNE 1887 AND DIED AT EAST GRINSTEAD ON THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1892 IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HER AGE. "I WAS SICK AND YE VISITED ME" / "INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME." - MATTHEW XXV CHAP VERSES XXXVI & XI. / THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE GOVERNORS OF THIS HOSPITAL AND OTHERS WHO KNEW AND APPRECIATED HER GREAT QUALITIES.