Male almsbox figure from Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'), 1676 (?)
Male almsbox figure from Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'), 1676. These roughly life-size alms box figures, one male and one female, were used to collect donations for the Bethlem ('Bedlam') Royal Hospital in London when it was situated at Moorfields.
Details
- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600164
- Materials:
- base, wood, figure, plaster and metal
- Measurements:
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overall: 1540 mm x 360 mm x 360 mm,
- type:
- alms box
- credit:
- Stevens's Auction Rooms Ltd.