Repository: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library / Subject (Topic): Workhouses

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Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [1 March 1808]
Call Number:: Print00172
Collection Title:: V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Scene inside the pass-room of Bridewell Prison, the room used for miserable women; beds constructed from piles of hay with wooden planks lining room, many women poorly clothed lie in beds, some with young children."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 92., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 12., and 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.5 x 28.5 cm.
Publisher:: Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):: Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic):: Hospitals, Prisons, Workhouses, Poverty, Interiors, Charitable organizations, Poor persons, and Children
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

Creator:: Sunderland, 19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 December 1809]
Call Number:: Print00842
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title and date from item., In margin upper right: Plate 96., From: William Combs, The Microcosm of London, 3 vols., London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:: Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809. at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Almshouses, Workhouses, Poor persons, Sewing, Textiles, and Needlework
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Workhouse, St. James's Parish [graphic]