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A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.
Fox, George, 1851-192?Date: 1887Reference: 20763i
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The mysteries of Bedlam; or, Annals of the madhouse / By a late officer of twenty years' experience.
Date: [1850?]
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Midnight Mission for Fallen Women, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 18496i
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by J. Storer after S. Prout, 1805.
Samuel ProutDate: 1 February 1805Reference: 20344i
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The London Orphan Asylum, Clapton: seen from the road. Etching.
Reference: 39565i
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Etching by J.S. Storer, 1795, after J.M.W. Turner, 1794.
J. M. W. TurnerDate: 1795Reference: 20382i
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The Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth: the facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after B. Sly.
Sly, Benjamin, active 1841-1883.Date: 1857Reference: 39569i
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Practical observations on insanity and the treatment of the insane : addressed particularly to those who have relatives or friends afflicted with mental derangement; also hints on the propriety of making the study of mental disorders a necessary adjunct to medical education / By W. J.
Date: 1828
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National Orphan Home, Ham, Surrey: side view. Lithograph, c. 1856.
Blake, Edward Collier Scott, approximately 1823-1868Date: 1856Reference: 23684i
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Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Philadelphia: panoramic view. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after C. Burton.
Charles BurtonDate: 1 March 1831Reference: 22074i
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A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums in Great Britain and Ireland, and in some other kingdoms / by Sir Andrew Halliday.
Andrew HallidayDate: 1828
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Asylum for Imbecile Poor, proposed for Leavesden Woodside, near Watford, and Caterham, Surrey: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by W.C. Smith, 1868, after J. Giles & Bivan.
Smith, William Collingwood, 1815-1887.Date: 25 July 1868Reference: 23036i
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Infant Orphan Asylum, Snaresbrook, Essex: perspective view. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after G.G. Scott and W.B. Moffat.
George Gilbert ScottReference: 23971i
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London Society for the Protection of Young Females. Wood engraving.
Reference: 24477i
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Etching.
Reference: 20380i
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Joseph Watson, and the Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell, in which he taught. Engraving.
Taylor, George, deaf engraver.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 601064i
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The London Orphan Asylum, Clapton: the facade as planned. Engraving by W. H. Carpenter and W. Carpenter, c.1821.
Reference: 39528i
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats, one flying the Red Ensign, on the river. Coloured engraving by T. Tagg, 1797, after E. Dayes.
Edward DayesDate: 10 February 1797Reference: 20392i
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Secrets from the asylum. [1/2].
Date: 2014
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Report of the General Committee appointed to carry into effect the proposal for a lunatic asylum at Glasgow : with a minute of the first general meeting of qualified subscribers.
Date: 1814
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The Institut National des Aveugles-nés, Paris: interior during the visit of Pope Pius VII. Aquatint with etching by Marlé, 1805.
Marlé, active 1805.Date: 1805Reference: 545557i
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Beyond Bedlam. The crisis recovery unit.
Date: 2000
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Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Engraving.
West, H., active 1832-1837.Date: 1834Reference: 20200i
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Supplemental report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, relative to the general condition of the insane in Wales : containing a statement of facts collected by certain members of the board ... August 25, 1844.
Wales. Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy.Date: 1844
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Modern persecution, or insane asylums unveiled, as demonstrated by the Report of the Investigating Committee of the Legislature of Illinois / by Mrs .E. P. W. Packard.
Elizabeth PackardDate: 1873