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  • A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12151i
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    Bird's-eye views of modern society
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  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "Plantation", and St Pancras church in the background, with an advertisement and explanation. Engraving.

    Reference
    38748i
    • Pictures
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: bird's-eye view of the Henry VIII Gate and courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole, 1720.

    • Gibbs, James, 1682-1754
    Date
    1720
    Reference
    21859i
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  • Bridewell Hospital: an aerial view.

    Date
    1755
    Reference
    21467i
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  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

    • Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770.
    Date
    1753
    Reference
    36982i
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  • A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12152i
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  • A popular and fashionable centre devoted to the arts and sciences. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12158i
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  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a south-east view and a bird's-eye view. Engraving by J. Green after S. Wale, 1761.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Date
    1761
    Reference
    36585i
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  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people walking in the foreground. Engraving.

    • Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
    Reference
    25624i
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  • An elaborate English bazaar. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12149i
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  • The Wesleyan College, Horseferry Road, Westminster. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1850.

    • Laing, C. D. (Charles D.), active 1838-1853.
    Date
    1850
    Reference
    40279i
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  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.

    • Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
    Date
    [c.1764]
    Reference
    25618i
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  • Guy's Hospital, Southwark: an aerial view. Engraving by T. Bowles, c.1725.

    • Dance, Thomas, -1733
    Reference
    38924i
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  • A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12148i
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  • The site of the 1862 Exhibition, as designed for the Horticultural Society: aerial view, looking north. Wood engraving, 1859.

    • Smirke, Sydney, 1797-1877
    Date
    9 July 1859
    Reference
    38581i
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  • St. Peter's Hospital, East Hill, Wandsworth: aerial view. Coloured lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after T. S. Boys, c. 1849.

    • Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874.
    Date
    1849
    Reference
    25292i
    • Pictures
  • Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water, Surrey: aerial view showing the new male wing. Photolithograph, 1906.

    • Schultz, Robert Weir, 1861-1951
    Date
    29 September 1906
    Reference
    25291i
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  • Charterhouse Square, London: a bird's-eye view. Coloured engraving, 1720.

    Date
    1720
    Reference
    22274i
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  • A gentlemen's dinner looking out onto the river. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    • Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
    Reference
    12153i
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  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. Engraving by H. Hulsbergh after C. Campbell, 1715.

    • Campbell, Colen, 1676-1729.
    Date
    1715
    Reference
    26731i
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  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.

    • Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
    Date
    [c.1771]
    Reference
    25617i
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  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: plan and elevations, with a scale and a key. Engraving by P. Fourdrinier [after T. Jacobsen, 1742].

    • Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758.
    Date
    1742
    Reference
    36637i
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  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships in the foreground. Engraving by Sutton Nicholls after himself, 1728.

    • Nicholls, Sutton, active 1680-1740.
    Date
    1728
    Reference
    26730i
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  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard, a busy scene in the street. Coloured engraving by N. Parr after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

    • Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770.
    Date
    12 May 1794
    Reference
    36966i
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  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark. Oil painting.

    Reference
    44661i
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