The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground, one giving money to a lame man. Engraving by W. H. Toms.

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This is the second building of Bethlem Hospital [Bedlam], built in 1675-1676 in Moorfields, London. In 1814-1815 the hospital removed to St. George's Fields, Southwark, and the Moorfields building was subsequently demolished

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1 print : engraving ; image 19.3 x 38 cm

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Bethlehem Hospital ; Toms sculp.

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B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 38/77 [p. 101]

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Wellcome Collection 25620i

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