The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with lunatics capering in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after J. Maurer.

  • Maurer, John, 1696?-1761.
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1700-1799
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25616i
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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with lunatics capering in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after J. Maurer. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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. The Moorgate, one of the gates to the City of London, is shown on the right: it was demolished in 1761-1762

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London (at the Black Horse, in Cornhil) ; John Bowles

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 23.5 x 40.8 cm

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The Hospital of Bethlehem. ; L'Hospital de fou. ; I. Maurer delin ; T. Bowles sculp. ; publishd according to act of Parliamt.

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Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983

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Wellcome Collection 25616i

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