Bird's-eye views
![Bridewell Hospital: an aerial view. Wood engraving by [W.H.].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0012961/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0013183/full/880%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0013185/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: plan and elevations, with a scale and a key. Engraving by P. Fourdrinier [after T. Jacobsen, 1742].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0013441/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12151iPart of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.
Reference: 38748i
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St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: bird's-eye view of the Henry VIII Gate and courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole, 1720.
Date: 1720Reference: 21859i
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Albany, New York: an elevated view. Photograph by Notman Photo Co., ca. 1880.
Date: 1880Reference: 571611iPart of: United States of America: landscapes, architecture and portraits. Photographs (some by Francis Frith), ca. 1880.
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Bridewell Hospital: an aerial view.
Date: 1755Reference: 21467i