The Hospital of Bethlem. L'Hospital de Fou.

Previous title, replaced May 2024: The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with lunatics capering in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after J. Maurer.

London (at the Black Horse, in Cornhil) ; John Bowles, [approximately 1747]

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 23.5 x 40.8 cm

The Hospital of Bethlehem. ; L'Hospital de fou. ; I. Maurer delin ; T. Bowles sculp. ; publishd according to act of Parliamt.

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

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. The Moorgate, one of the gates to the City of London, is shown on the right: it was demolished in 1761-1762

A subsequent state of the print is held by the British Museum, and is dated 1747. It is listed in John Bowles catalogue for 1749 as part of the series 'Perspective Views in and about London'.

Wellcome Collection 25616i