M0018451: The male day room at the Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth

Previous title, replaced October 2020: The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambe

Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly, 1860, of the male day room at Bethlem Hospital, London. One of two wood engravings illustrating G.A. Sala's visit to Bethlem in October 1859. It was published in The Illustrated London News, March 1860

February 1961

4 photographs sheet film negatives, photographic print; range in size from 5 x 5 cm to 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 551253i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.