image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London | Licence: CC BY 4.0
image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London | Licence: CC BY 4.0

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with sheep grazing and people walking in the foreground.

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Description

Coloured wood engraving by W. H. Prior after an earlier engraving.
This is the second building of Bethlem Hospital [Bedlam], built in 1675-1676 in Moorfields, London. In 1814-1815 the hospital removed to St. George's Fields, Southwark, and the Moorfields building was subsequently demolished This print is closely related to image number 13479 in this catalogue

Inscription: Old Bethlem Hospital, about 1750. (see page 200) ; WHP
Additional makers: Prior, William Henry, 1812-1882.

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CC BY 4.0

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image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

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Location

The Hospital of Bethlem, Moorfields, London, England

Country

England

Medium

Print