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Bird's eye view of the Birmingham workhouse infirmary with a key. Photolithograph by J. Akerman.

The National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Holborn. Photolithograph by J. Akerman, 1884, after J. W. Simpson, 1883.

National Hospital for Incurables and St. Mary's Church, Cowley St. John, Oxford: with a floor plan. Photolithographny J. Akerman, 1873, after C. Buckeridge.

The Open court, Ford's Hospital, Coventry. Photolithograph by J. Akerman after G.R. Webster, 1886.

National Hospital for Incurables and St. Mary's Church, Cowley St. John, Oxford. Transfer lithograph by J. Akerman, 1873, after C. Buckeridge.

Children playing and their mothers, outside Ford's Hospital, Coventry. Photolithograph by J. Akerman after G.R. Webster, 1886.

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Akerman, James, active 1873-1908.

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The National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Holborn. Photolithograph by J. Akerman, 1884, after J. W. Simpson, 1883.

National Hospital for Incurables and St. Mary's Church, Cowley St. John, Oxford: with a floor plan. Photolithographny J. Akerman, 1873, after C. Buckeridge.

The Open court, Ford's Hospital, Coventry. Photolithograph by J. Akerman after G.R. Webster, 1886.

Children playing and their mothers, outside Ford's Hospital, Coventry. Photolithograph by J. Akerman after G.R. Webster, 1886.

National Hospital for Incurables and St. Mary's Church, Cowley St. John, Oxford. Transfer lithograph by J. Akerman, 1873, after C. Buckeridge.