Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

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Title: Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, printmaker, artist.
Hill, John, 1770-1850, printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 March 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
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.
1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.5 x 28.5 cm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.5 x 28.2 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 33.5 cm
Language: English

Repository: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number: Print00172
Collection Title: V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
Great Britain.
England
London.
Subject (Name): Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic): Hospitals
Prisons
Workhouses
Poverty
Interiors
Charitable organizations
Poor persons
Children
Subjects: Bridewell Royal Hospital
London (England) > Pictorial works
Hospitals > Great Britain
Prisons > Great Britain
Workhouses > Great Britain
Poverty
Interiors
Prisons > England > London
Charitable organizations > England > London
Poor persons
Children
England > London > 1808

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