The Queen's asylum at Lincoln. Engraving by Harrison, 18--.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
Reference:
566820i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

Lincoln Castle and Cathedral are readily recognizable at the top, as is the colonnaded façade of The Lawns, the house used as an asylum. A large cricket ground, as shown here, was a feature of English lunatic asylums, as noted in Robert Graves's short story The shout

Publication/Creation

[Lincoln], [between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 11.6 x 15.5 cm

Lettering

Plan of the Queens Asylum at Lincoln sketch engrave[d] by Harrison

Creator/production credits

Pencil annotation on impression catalogued: [by] "a lunatic confined there"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566820i

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link