The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.

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[c.1764]
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25618i
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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

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London (At the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street) : Robt. Sayer, [c.1764]

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1 print : engraving ; image 15.1 x 25.6 cm

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A view of the Hospital of Bethlehem. ; Vue de Hopital de Bethlehem. Bears number: "5"

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Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983

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Wellcome Collection 25618i

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