Saint Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, Victorian London, Antique Engraving, circa 1880
€ 175
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1880
Mapmaker / artist
Unsigned wood engraving
Publisher
Cassell's Old and New London (Cassell, London)
Technique
Wood engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14391-26
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good condition for its age. Toning, a small spot in the right margin and faint creasing at the lower right corner; the image is clean. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
An original wood engraving of Saint Thomas' Hospital on the Albert Embankment in Lambeth, with the Houses of Parliament across the Thames, issued as a plate in Cassell's Old and New London. The plate is lettered "St. Thomas' Hospital." beneath the image, with "Cassell's Old & New London. Plate 28." at lower left. It is printed on warm toned paper.
The view looks north along the embankment from a raised point among trees. The long ranges of the hospital, with their arcaded ground floors, mansard roofs and corner turrets, stand in a line of separate blocks behind iron railings, with carriages, riders and strollers on the broad road in front. Across the river rise the Victoria Tower, the central spire and the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, with Westminster Bridge and the north bank beyond, and steamers, sailing barges and a rowing eight move on the water.
Saint Thomas' Hospital dates back to the twelfth century in Southwark. When its old site was taken for the railway approach to Charing Cross, it moved to this riverside site opposite Parliament, and the new buildings, designed by Henry Currey, were opened by Queen Victoria in 1871. The separate pavilions linked by corridors, clearly shown here, followed the principles of light and ventilation championed by Florence Nightingale, whose training school for nurses was attached to the hospital.
Old and New London, begun by Walter Thornbury and completed by Edward Walford, was published by Cassell in the 1870s and reissued with numbered plates such as this one. The print is uncolored and crisply cut, a fine subject for a doctor's or nurse's study, a consulting room or a collection of Victorian London views.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
