'St Luke's Hospital', print, London, England, 1785

Made:
1785 in London
engraver:
William Deeble
Engraved print of St. Luke's Hospital, published by I

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Engraved print of St. Luke's Hospital, published by I
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Engraved print, Front elevation of St. Luke's Hospital, Old Street, London, engraved by William Deeble, published by I. Sewell (John Sewell), London, 1785

This print shows St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics shortly after a new building was built in 1782 in Old Street, London. St Luke’s was a hospital for the mentally ill founded in 1751 to relieve the pressure on London’s other asylum, Bethlem Hospital.

St Luke’s was one of the first teaching hospitals to study mental illness. Unlike other asylums, visitors were not permitted purely to be amused by the plight of the patients. The illustration was engraved by an artist named Deeble for The European Magazine and London Review, which was launched in 1782.

Details

Category:
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A639203
Materials:
complete, paper and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: 126 mm x 295 mm
type:
print
credit:
Jones, A.W.S.