The Magdalen Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark, with a scale beneath. Engraving, 1771.

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39176i
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The Magdalen Hospital for reformed prostitutes was founded by Robert Dingley and Jonas Hanway, among others, in 1758, at Whitechapel. The Hospital was so successful that it moved to these larger purpose-built premises in 1772. The Hospital closed in 1868 and moved to Streatham

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[London]

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1 print : engraving ; image and border 9.7 x 37.2 cm

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Magdelen Hospital in St. George's Fields. ; a scale of 80 feet long The foundations appear to be indicated in the print Bears number: 123

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B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 38/126 [p.103]

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Wellcome Collection 39176i

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