Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by Robert White, 1677.

  • White, Robert, 1645-1703.
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[1677]
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44652i
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[London] : [publisher not identified], [1677]

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1 print : engraving on three sheets ; outside platemark approx. 56.5 x 118.6 cm

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Hospitium mente-captorum londinense. ... R. White sculpsit In cartouche on left: "Frontispicium hospitii (vulgo Bedlam dicti) mente captis destinati ... A.D. MDCLXXXV mense Aprili fundati anno sequente mense Juli consummati." In cartouche on right: "A prospect of the hospitall called Bedlam for the releife and cure of persons distracted ... begun Aprill 1675 and finished in July 1676"

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Antony Griffiths, The print in Stuart Britain, London 1998, no. 186

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Wellcome Collection 44652i

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