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The first mention of the "cabbins" for the inmates of the Hospital seems to be in 1698 (P. Newell, Greenwich Hospital: a Royal foundation 1692-1983, Greenwich, 1984, pp. 17-18). "The sleeping places ... are something between ship's cabins and civilised bedchambers" ( The pictorial guide to Greenwich, op. cit. p. 9)

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London: the interior with a lady and her daughter near the altar, a man half-hidden behind the pews to the left. Engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image 12.9 x 18.4 cm

King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.

A bill-poster, far left, is adding to the considerable amount of information on the side wall of Bedlam. Among many names written or scratched on the wall are those of Blucher, the Prussian general, ally of the Duke of Wellington; Kean, the actor; Johanna Southcott, the prophetess; Giardelli; and Young. There are three pictures of balloons, presumably advertising those which made ascents from Artillery Fields, the northern part of Moorfields

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.

See Wellcome Library catalogue no. 26245i for the print after this drawing of the library
The London Institution was founded in 1806. At first meetings were in a house, then a building was erected in Moorfields in 1819 at the behest of a number of charitable subscribers. As well as a fine library, the building housed a lecture room, used for scientific demonstrations. The Institution was demolished in 1936

1 drawing : pencil, with some inking over lines ; image 11.4 x 16.1 cm

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Drawing by H. Ansted, 1824.

The Surrey Institution was housed in what had been the Leverian Museum, built c.1788 by James Burton for the land agent James Parkinson in order to exhibit the collection of Sir Ashton Lever, which he had won in a lottery. When the Surrey Institution took over in 1806, Joseph Parkinson reconstructed the interior. It was demolished in the 1960s

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 19.9 x 26 cm

Surrey Institution, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London: the interior of the rotunda, F. Accum lecturing. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1809, after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin.

The London Institution was founded in 1806. At first meetings were in a house, then a building was erected in Moorfields in 1819 at the behest of a number of charitable subscribers. As well as a fine library, the building housed a lecture room, used for scientific demonstrations. The Institution was demolished in 1936
See Wellcome Library catalogue no. 26246i for Ansted's original drawing of the library

1 print : line engraving ; image 11.3 x 16.1 cm

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Engraving by J. Carter after H. Ansted, 1824.

1 print : wood engraving ; image and border 8.8 x 9.9 cm

London Mechanics' Institute, Southampton Buildings, Holborn: the interior of the laboratory, in a cellar. Wood engraving by W. C. Walker after Mr. Davy [1828].

Dialogue includes: " Ladies & gentlemen - I have the honour for the first time in this county of Kent to deliver a lecture on optics" ; "I humbly ax pardon Sir - but before you proceed furder I rises with all due difference to inform you as how in this here country we do not call them hop sticks but hop poles" ; also text on the telescope, 'Spear & Clark College Green' ; text on dog's collar, 'Hop mer' ; and text in merchant's pocket, 'Tretise on Hops'. The optical instrument makers Richard Spear and Edward Clarke were in partnership at College Green, Dublin, from 1815 to 1817: their names have been added to the print in this Irish copy of an earlier etching published in London by Thomas Tegg

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 23.9 x 33.5 cm

A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.

1 painting : watercolour ; image 23 x 14 cm

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London: the interior with a lady and her daughter near the altar, a man half-hidden behind the pews to the left. Engraving.

King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Drawing by H. Ansted, 1824.

Surrey Institution, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London: the interior of the rotunda, F. Accum lecturing. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1809, after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin.

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Engraving by J. Carter after H. Ansted, 1824.

London Mechanics' Institute, Southampton Buildings, Holborn: the interior of the laboratory, in a cellar. Wood engraving by W. C. Walker after Mr. Davy [1828].

A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.

The entrance to Little Ormond Yard, off Great Ormond Street. Watercolour by J. P. Emslie, 1882.

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London: the interior with a lady and her daughter near the altar, a man half-hidden behind the pews to the left. Engraving.

King's College, London: the interior of the theatre on prizegiving day. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Drawing by H. Ansted, 1824.

Surrey Institution, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London: the interior of the rotunda, F. Accum lecturing. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1809, after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin.

The London Institution: the interior of the library. Engraving by J. Carter after H. Ansted, 1824.

London Mechanics' Institute, Southampton Buildings, Holborn: the interior of the laboratory, in a cellar. Wood engraving by W. C. Walker after Mr. Davy [1828].

A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.

The entrance to Little Ormond Yard, off Great Ormond Street. Watercolour by J. P. Emslie, 1882.

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