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Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

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.

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Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

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.

William Norris restrained by chains at the neck and ankles in Bethlem hospital, London. Coloured etching by G. Arnald, 1815, after himself, 1814.

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Samuel Mathews, a hermit. Engraving by J. Greig, 1803, after G. Arnald.

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.

William Norris restrained by chains at the neck and ankles in Bethlem hospital, London. Coloured etching by G. Arnald, 1815, after himself, 1814.