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

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

This plate shows the first state of the building, as built in 1675-6, before the addition of the side pavilions

1 print : engraving ; image 11.9 x 15.4 cm

Hopital de Bethlehem.

B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 20/20 [p.34]

Wellcome Collection 25622i