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  • Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane. A lecture on the management of lunatic asylums, and the treatment of the insane; delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838; with statistical tables... / [Robert Gardiner Hill].
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, children playing with a boat on a pond in the foreground. Engraving by R. Watkins, August 1811, after G. Arnald, June 1811.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • A characterful patient at Bethlem hospital, London. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A characterful patient at Bethlem hospital, London. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, ca. 1750.
  • The Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with part of London Wall in the foreground, and a muck-raker scraping at the cobblestones. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1814, after himself, June 1812.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with part of London Wall in the foreground, and a muck-raker scraping at the cobblestones. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1814, after himself, June 1812.
  • The floor plan with scale of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • The floor plan with scale of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1850, after J. Owen.
  • Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: panoramic view. Wood engraving, 1867.
  • Hospital des Petits Maisons, Paris: plans. Engraving.
  • Cumberland and Westmoreland Lunatic Asylum, Garlands, Carlisle, Cumbria: north and south fronts. Wood engraving by E.H., 1858.
  • Chapters in the history of the insane in the British Isles / by Daniel Hack Tuke.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
  • Bethlem Hospital, London: the incurables being inspected by a member of the medical staff, with the patients represented by political figures. Drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
  • [Article (Saturday 4 August 1888) entitled: A chronicle of curious events. 6th August 1709 : Oliver Cromwell's 7' 6" porter Daniel was committed to Bedlam, having gone mad reading texts of "speculative divinity". He had been givien a bible by Nell Gwyn].
  • [Article (Saturday 4 August 1888) entitled: A chronicle of curious events. 6th August 1709 : Oliver Cromwell's 7' 6" porter Daniel was committed to Bedlam, having gone mad reading texts of "speculative divinity". He had been givien a bible by Nell Gwyn].
  • Frontal view of the insane asylum, Beechworth, Victoria (Australia). Process print.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.