The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with sheep grazing and people walking in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by W. H. Prior after an earlier engraving.
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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 the print number 25637i in this catalogue
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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 13.9 x 21.8 cm
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Old Bethlem Hospital, about 1750. (see page 200) ; WHP
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Wellcome Collection 25642i
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