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Welcome to Schneider Art & Design's illustrations.
Recently, I was proud to have been commissioned to illustrate Louisa's Lament, a true story that took place in 1892 at Guy's Hospital, Southwark. Each illustration was researched and visualised closely with the author to portray what she had seen in her minds eye, when writing the novel.

The book, Louisa's Lament, plus postcards or prints of the illustrations can be purchased at POP.

GUY’S HOSPITAL, SOUTHWALK – November 6, 1892, late evening. It was a miserable, drizzly, cold night in the front quad of Guy’s Hospital

Louisa's Lament by Annie Graham

Louisa's Lament
GUY’S HOSPITAL, SOUTHWALK – November 6, 1892,
Having lived in Southwalk this created a new challenge for me to visualise Guy's hospital in Victorian times,
"It was a miserable, drizzly, cold night in the front quad of Guy’s Hospital.. "

I. DR STEELE’S QUARTERS – November 6, 1892, late evening. Lights were ablaze in the Medical Superintendent’s quarters as surgeons fought to save Dr Steele’s life. He had lived at Guy’s for over thirty years but now, seriously ill, his thoughts turned to a shameful episode in the summer of 1880 when Guy’s had turned on one of its own. Was there anything he could do, even now, to help her?

II. GUY’S COLONNADE – June 16, 1880, mid-morning. A mob of over two hundred medical students had formed a gauntlet in the passage that led from Guy’s north quad to the south. The angry young men had left their lectures to protest the nursing reforms led by Guy’s Matron, Miss Burt. They seethed with hate as they shouted invectives against her. Exhausted by their protests, her heart sank when she saw Dr Habershon at the end of the colonnade.

II. 70 BROOK STREET, LONDON – June 28, 1880, early morning. Dr Pavy, one of Guy’s senior physicians, had called on his neighbour and colleague, Dr Habershon, to discuss the hated nursing reforms. His carriage waited to take them to Guy’s to present the medical staff’s ultimatum to the administration to stop the reforms and get rid of Burt.

IV. PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON – July 30, 1880, early morning. Paternoster Row, the heart of the print industry, was heaving with delivery carts, cabs and people. Miss Lonsdale was irritated as she arrived late for her appointment with her publisher, Mr Kegan Paul. He had been worried about her role in the dispute at Guy’s Hospital and the damage to his reputation as her backer. Her writing career may have ended before it had begun.

V. NEWGATE PRISON, OLD BAILEY – August 13, 1880, midday. Nurse Ingle’s privations were only just beginning as she was led to the waiting Black Maria. She had the journey across town to Tothill Prison to contemplate her future. What would become of her, she asked herself, as the crowds jeered and stared.

VI. THE VERANDA – RANCHI HILL STATION, INDIA – December 31, 1892, mid-afternoon. Miss Ingle enjoyed the rich fragrances that filled the air on this sunny afternoon in her garden near Ranchi. She had endured so much hardship and loneliness over the years, and memories had been stirred up recently by a letter from London. It was New Year’s Eve and time to make her decision about returning to London.