Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam), Moorfields, London - Original Engraving 1829
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Original antique engraving of Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, London, the celebrated madhouse known as Bedlam, as it was in 1720. Copper engraving in black and white published in London by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. The scroll in the sky reads "The Hospitall of Bedlam".
Original antique engraving of Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, London, the celebrated madhouse known as Bedlam, as it was in 1720. Copper engraving in black and white published in London by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. The scroll in the sky reads "The Hospitall of Bedlam".
From Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, by Edward Wedlake Brayley, published in 1829. The Moorfields building, the work of Robert Hooke opened in 1676, was abandoned in 1815 when the hospital moved to Southwark.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1829 (the view shows the building as it was in 1720).
Source: E. W. Brayley, Londiniana, London, Hurst, Chance & Co.
Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 in (17 x 11 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper yellowed, with light damp stains in the margins; image clean.
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Original antique engraving of Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, London, the celebrated madhouse known as Bedlam, as it was in 1720. Copper engraving in black and white published in London by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Co. The scroll in the sky reads "The Hospitall of Bedlam".