The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself.

  • Miller, John, 1715-1790?
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The British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn: the facade and an allegorical scene of charity. Engraving by J.S. Miller after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This hospital was the oldest lying-in establishment in London, founded about 1749. It seems to have been replaced by a new building in 1849, which has now (1997) been demolished and the street renamed as Betterton Street

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[London]

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1 print : engraving ; image 12.5 x 21.3 cm

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The British Lying-in Hospital for married women situated in Brownlow Street Long Acre, London. ; J. S. Miller inv. del. et sc. Lettering includes: "Explanation. A perspective view of the hospital, from whence a patient with her child is retiring, having receiv'd the benefits of the charity-other patients near their time, coming for admission - Providence superintending the charity and Britannia, who sits under reading the account of the hospital, attended by piety and plenty - Piety is offering incense for the success of the charity, Plenty her cornucopia for it's support."

References note

Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983
James Wyatt Cook and Barbara Collier Cook, Man-midwife, male feminist: the life and tmes of George Macaulay, Ann Arbor 2004, pl. 8 (reproduced)

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Wellcome Collection 40016i

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