Asylum Collection (page 2)

County Lunatic Asylum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Aerial view of the Buckinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum at Stone, near Aylesbury. The asylum, designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon, was opened in 1853

Caterham Asylum, Surrey
Charity collectors at the gates of Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Behind are the barred windows of a ward block. Like its twin at Leavesden

Caterham Asylum. Surrey - Disabled Childrens Ward
A disabled childrens ward at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions

Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Childrens Training Centre
The childrens training centre at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental

Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Carpentry Class
A carpentry class for inmates of Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental

A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

British Orphan Asylum, Slough
A view of the British Orphan Asylum, Slough - then in Buckinghamshire. The building, formerly a hotel, was taken over in the 1920s by the Licensed Victuallers School. Date: circa 1908

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 1849
The Italianate exterior of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London). The foundation stone was laid in 1849 by Prince Albert

Kingsway Hospital, Derby
An aerial view of the now-demolished Kingsway Hospital, Derby. The hospital opened in 1888 as the Derby Borough Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown

Lancaster County Asylum, Quernmore Road, Lancaster
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum was established at Quernmore Road, Lancaster Moor in 1816. It later became Lancaster County Mental Hospital and after 1948 was renamed Lancaster Moor Hospital

Insane Soldiers Asylum, Chatham, Kent, 1857
Engraving showing the exterior of the Asylum for the Temporary Reception of Insane Soldiers at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1857

Asylum at Hanwell 1843
The Asylum at Hanwell

Asylum for Criminal Lunatics, Broadmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire (engraving)
1620772 Asylum for Criminal Lunatics, Broadmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asylum for Criminal Lunatics, Broadmoor)

Map of Cripplegate Ward, London (engraving)
983900 Map of Cripplegate Ward, London (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Cripplegate Ward)

Vestibule of Asylum, 1889. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Vestibule of Asylum, 1889. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. Central Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1852 in Nashville, Tennessee. Drawing, 19th century

Caterham Asylum, Surrey
Aerial view of the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Caterham in Surrey. The Asylum, with its twin at Leavesden, was established by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to provide care for Londons

Inverness Mental Hospital, Scotland
Distant view of the Inverness Mental Hospital, Scotland, originally opened in 1864 as the Inverness District Asylum. It then became the Northern Counties District Lunatic Asylum

Bodmin Asylum, Cornwall
The Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum was founded in 1815 at Bodmin. It was later known as the Cornwall County Mental Hospital and then as St Lawrences Hospital

London Orphan Asylum, Watford, Boys House
London Orphan Asylum, Watford. Architects design for a Boys House. Date: 1869

Band, Darenth Training Colony Band, Kent
The military band at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing

Darenth Schools and Training Colony, Kent
The Darenth Schools (top left), near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London

Orphaned Muslim Children at Karachi Refugee Camp
Separated or orphaned children at a refugee camp in Karachi set up for Muslims fleeing from India to Pakistan

Pyne - Chelsea Pensioner
CHELSEA PENSIONER A survivor of one of Englands periodic wars, he wears the traditional uniform of the military asylum at Chelsea

London streets: The Asylum for the Houseless (engraving)
8673536 London streets: The Asylum for the Houseless (engraving) by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Asylum for the Houseless)

Patients in the courtyard of the asylum of Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, New York, USA, 1860s
NWI4953411 Patients in the courtyard of the asylum of Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, New York, USA, 1860s. 19th century color engraving.; (add.info)

A patient playing violin in a room at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in London in the 1860s
NWI4953615 A patient playing violin in a room at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in London in the 1860s. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

An Asylum for the deaf and dumb, 1850
3478636 An Asylum for the deaf and dumb, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of an Asylum for the deaf and dumb on the Old Kent Road, London. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Strength tank used to restrict the movements of fools in New York, United States, 1870 years
NWI4953304 Strength tank used to restrict the movements of fools in New York, United States, 1870 years. 19th century color engraving.; (add.info)

Norris chained up in his cell for 12 years. New York, 1870s. Representation of the treatment of the mentally ill in
NWI4954118 Norris chained up in his cell for 12 years. New York, 1870s. Representation of the treatment of the mentally ill in prison in the United States at the end of the 19th century

Portrait of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso dit le Mupe (1544-1595) dans l'asile d'alienes de sainte-anne a
ELD4920406 Portrait of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso dit le Mupe (1544-1595) dans l'asile d'alienes de sainte-anne a Ferrara

McLean Hospital Asylum
2910673 McLean Hospital Asylum; (add.info.: 1820 McLean Hospital (known as Somerville Asylum or Charlestown Asylum) a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts

An engraving depicting an asylum for the deaf and dumb located on Old Kent Road, London, 19th century
5310623 An engraving depicting an asylum for the deaf and dumb located on Old Kent Road, London, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1833); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Les fools de Charenton: drawing by Gustave Dore, 1860 - an asylum of alienes in the nineteenth century - hospice of
PCT4293987 Les fools de Charenton: drawing by Gustave Dore, 1860 - an asylum of alienes in the nineteenth century - hospice of Charenton

Medicine. Psychiatry. The french physician Philippe Pinel. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store
3434258 Medicine. Psychiatry. The french physician Philippe Pinel. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements, France, c.1900 (postcard); (add.info.: Medecine. Coll. Part)

The dangers of alcoholic beverages
2626857 The dangers of alcoholic beverages; (add.info.: Illustration of the dangers of alcoholic beverages: The sins of the drunken father are visited on the heads of the children - a thief)

Asylum for Idiots, Redhill, Surrey (engraving)
8676353 Asylum for Idiots, Redhill, Surrey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asylum for Idiots, Redhill, Surrey)

Architecture: view of the settlement of alienes (asylum) founded in Saint Remy de Provence (Saint-Remy-de-Provence)
JEB4861435 Architecture: view of the settlement of alienes (asylum) founded in Saint Remy de Provence (Saint-Remy-de-Provence) (Bouches du Rhone), lithography of the 19th century

Dorothea Dix, with autograph
NWI4950004 Dorothea Dix, with autograph.; (add.info.: Dorothea Dix, with autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

McLean Hospital Asylum
2910672 McLean Hospital Asylum; (add.info.: 1820 McLean Hospital (known as Somerville Asylum or Charlestown Asylum) a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts

Jean Denis (Denys) COCHIN - 1789-1841, lawyer and philanthropic francais 1841
JAB4120115 Jean Denis (Denys) COCHIN - 1789-1841, lawyer and philanthropic francais 1841; (add.info.: Jean Denis (Denys) COCHIN - 1789-1841

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Congregational, Ch Milton Rd, Stoke Newington, N, Congl, Ch West, Bromwich, Aveling, Meml, Ch Reedham, Asylum
8667885 Congregational, Ch Milton Rd, Stoke Newington, N, Congl, Ch West, Bromwich, Aveling, Meml, Ch Reedham, Asylum, Surrey (litho) by English School

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) released from his chains a woman suffering from mental illness at the psychiatric hospital
NWI4952553 Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) released from his chains a woman suffering from mental illness at the psychiatric hospital of La Salpetriere, 1796

Bathroom at Sainte Anne psychiatric hospital, 19th century
1737118 Bathroom at Sainte Anne psychiatric hospital, 19th century.; (add.info.: Bathroom at Sainte Anne psychiatric hospital, 19th century.).

Refuge for the aged at Auteuil, near Paris, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Refuge for the aged at Auteuil, near Paris, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Felix Thorigny. 'The institution of St

The last surgeon
Luca Ulivi

The New Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Coulsdon, near Croydon, 1858. Creator: Gilks
The New Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Coulsdon, near Croydon, 1858. This Asylum was instituted in the year 1844, on liberal principles, for the purpose of relieving fatherless children

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Step into the haunting history of asylums with these captivating glimpses into some of the most renowned institutions. From Warwick County Mental Hospital in Hatton, Warwickshire to North Wales Lunatic Asylum in Denbigh, North Wales, each asylum holds its own dark secrets and tales. In the late 19th century, under the watchful eye of Charcot & Asylum Patient at Stone Asylum in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, groundbreaking research on mental health was conducted. Meanwhile, Banstead Asylum in Surrey provided solace for those seeking refuge from their troubled minds. As we journey through time and space, we stumble upon Licensed Victuallers Asylum - a sanctuary for those who once served us drinks but now needed support themselves. And not far away lies County Lunatic Asylum in Colney Hatch, Middlesex; its imposing structure standing as a stark reminder of society's approach to mental illness during that era. Moving further northwards brings us to Parkside Asylum nestled amidst Macclesfield's picturesque landscapes in Cheshire. Here patients found respite from their inner demons while surrounded by nature's healing touch. Venturing south again leads us to Tooting Bec Asylum in Surrey where compassionate care was offered alongside innovative treatment methods. Derby County Mental Hospital stands tall among the rolling hills of Mickleover, Derbyshire - an institution dedicated to providing hope and recovery for countless individuals battling their own minds. Finally, our journey concludes at Exminster Asylum located amidst Devon's tranquil countryside. This asylum embraced patients with open arms and strived towards creating an environment conducive to healing and growth. These snapshots offer mere glimpses into the intricate tapestry woven within these walls – stories untold yet deeply etched into history's fabric. The echoes of pain mingling with whispers of resilience remind us that behind every locked door lay lives yearning for understanding and compassion beyond measure.