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  • The blind school, Southwark. Engraving.

    • Newman, John, 1786-1859
    Reference
    38855i
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  • Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. Engraving by A. Warren after R. B. Schnebbelie.

    • Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849
    Date
    1805
    Reference
    20191i
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  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by T. White.

    • White, T., 1730-1775.
    Date
    1770
    Reference
    20354i
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  • Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1822.

    • Swithin, Thomas, -1814.
    Date
    1822
    Reference
    20157i
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  • The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

    • Lloyd, Leonard Wild, approximately 1802-1868
    Reference
    39660i
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  • Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor : presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her majesty.

    • Great Britain. Lunacy Commission.
    Date
    1847
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  • Juvenile Asylum, New York City. Coloured lithograph.

    Reference
    18522i
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  • A group of Chelsea Pensioners disputing in the Hall at the Royal Hospital. Colour lithograph after E.R. White.

    • White, Edward Richard, active 1864-1908.
    Reference
    20769i
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  • Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.

    • Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
    Date
    1831
    Reference
    20755i
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  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Coloured engraving by A. W. Warren after R. B. Schnebbelie.

    • Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849
    Date
    25 May 1805
    Reference
    20379i
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  • Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

    • Wall, G.
    Date
    3 January 1832
    Reference
    18443i
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  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.

    Date
    1871
    Reference
    21520i
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  • The Military College, Chelsea: the interior, showing one of the halls, with a class in progress. Coloured aquatint by T. Sutherland after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1810.

    • Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832.
    Date
    1810
    Reference
    20754i
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  • Asylum for the St Ann's Society Schools, Brixton. Lithograph by C.J. Hullmandel after J.H. Taylor, 1829.

    • Taylor, John Henry, -1867.
    Date
    [1829]
    Reference
    20149i
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  • Orphan Asylum, New York. Coloured wood engraving by L. Casing-Barrett.

    • Casing-Barrett, L.
    Reference
    18545i
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  • On escapes, liberty, happiness, and "unlocked doors," as they affect patients in asylums / by J.A. Campbell.

    • Campbell, J. A.
    Date
    [1884?]
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  • The Orphan's Hospital, Edinburgh. Etching.

    • Adam, William, 1689-1748
    Reference
    39561i
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  • Two Chelsea Pensioners arm-in-arm, one, with a wooden leg, leaning on a crutch and holding out his hat begging for alms [?], the other exhibiting his head wound [?]. Colour lithograph.

    Reference
    20770i
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  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Etching by T. Tagg after E. Dayes, 1797.

    • Dayes, Edward, 1763-1804.
    Date
    10 February 1797
    Reference
    20350i
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  • Lunatic asylums, their organisation and management / by Charles Mercier.

    • Mercier, Charles Arthur, 1852-1919.
    Date
    1894
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  • Blind Asylum Chapel, Liverpool, Merseyside: with scale. Line engraving by E. Smith, 1819, after J. Fisher junior.

    • Smith, Edward, active 1823-1851.
    Date
    30 November 1819
    Reference
    20309i
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  • Des maladies mentales et des asiles d'aliénés leçons cliniques & considérations générales / par J.P. Falret ... Avec un plan de l'asile d'Illenau.

    • Falret, M. (Jean Pierre), 1794-1870.
    Date
    1864
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  • A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.

    • Sharp, Michael William, -1840.
    Reference
    31932i
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  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: three-quarter view of the north facade. Engraving, 1776, after S. Wale.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Date
    1776
    Reference
    20386i
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  • An appeal to the people of Pennsylvania : on the subject of an asylum for the insane poor of the Commonwealth.

    • Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee on an Asylum for the Insane Poor of Pennsylvania.
    Date
    1838
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