“Sister Tyler” - A Rare Brady Portrait of the First Civil War Nurse & Later Administrator of Boston’s Children’s Hospital

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016

Brady CDV, of Sister Tyler, one of the true heroines of the Civil War. Born in Massachusetts, “Sister Tyler” became a deaconess of the Episcopalian Church, and trained as a nurse in Europe. In 1856, she returned to establish an infirmary for St. Andrew’s Church in Baltimore. On April 19, 1861, the first Union troops rushing south from Massachusetts to defend Washington, D.C. were attacked in the Baltimore Riots. Overcoming the objections of the local police, Sister Tyler treated the wounded and protected them from further attack.

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Auction closed on Friday, October 21, 2016.

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