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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.

Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Wood engraving by W. H. Prior.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Wood engraving by H. Vizetelly after W. H. Prior.

Chelsea water-works in 1750. Wood engraving by W.H Prior.

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William Henry Prior

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Images by William Henry Prior

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Sadler's Wells Theatre, with the New River running beside. Wood engraving by W. H. Prior.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Wood engraving by H. Vizetelly after W. H. Prior.

Chelsea water-works in 1750. Wood engraving by W.H Prior.

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.