The Queen's asylum at Lincoln. Engraving by Harrison, 18--.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
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566820i
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The Queen's asylum at Lincoln. Engraving by Harrison, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lincoln Castle and Cathedral are readily recognizable at the top, as is the colonnaded façade of The Lawns, the house used as an asylum. A large cricket ground, as shown here, was a feature of English lunatic asylums, as noted in Robert Graves's short story The shout

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[Lincoln], [between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 11.6 x 15.5 cm

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Plan of the Queens Asylum at Lincoln sketch engrave[d] by Harrison

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566820i

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Pencil annotation on impression catalogued: [by] "a lunatic confined there"

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