The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people walking in the foreground. Engraving.

In his text Misson de Valbourg comments on Bedlam: "Tous les fous de Londres ne sont pas la dedans"

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

1 print : engraving ; image and border 13.2 x 16.6 cm

Bedlam. The lettering is in a swallow-tailed banderole in the sky

B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 19/3 [p.31]

Wellcome Collection 25626i