1961 collection of for essays by Erving Goffman

The London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. Engraving, 1838, after T. H. Shepherd.

Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Coloured engraving by J. Pass after himself, 1814.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by J. Storer after S. Prout, 1805.

Royal Caledonian Asylum, London: perspective view. Etching.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds, looking from the Surrey side of the river. Engraving, c.1761.

The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.

Orphan Asylum, New York. Coloured wood engraving by L. Casing-Barrett.

The Deaf and Dumb institution, Cabra, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after C. Geoghegan.

Two children are brought to the nurses of the Asylum for Female Orphans, Lambeth, London. Etching.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: two views; one of the central portico of the north side; the other from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by J. Shury after H. West, 1832.

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 9.8 x 16.4

Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Engraving by A. Warren after R. B. Schnebbelie.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 10.9 x 16.3 cm

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by T. White.

1 print : engraving ; image 5.0 x 18.2 cm

Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1822.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 8.4 x 14.8 cm

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

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Asylums

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Images referencing Asylums

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The blind school, Southwark. Engraving.

Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Engraving by A. Warren after R. B. Schnebbelie.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by T. White.

Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1822.

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

Asylums

Images from the collections

Images referencing Asylums

Works from the collections

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving.

Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Engraving by A. Warren after R. B. Schnebbelie.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by T. White.

Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1822.

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

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