History and present state of Brislington House near Bristol : an asylum for the cure & reception of insane persons, established by Edward Long Fox, M.D. A.D. 1804 : and now conducted by Francis & Charles Fox, M.D.D.
Published / Created:
Bristol : Light & Ridler, 1836.
Physical Description:
10 p. , [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsRC450.G7 B8 1836+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by William Willis; after Henry Aston Barker.With a large engraved title page vignette.Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 74BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Stitched, in later (?) brown wrappers.
Subject Terms:
Brislington House -- History. | Psychiatric hospitals -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Asylums -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain. | Light & Rider -- Publisher. | Steel engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1836.
Contributors:
Fox, Francis Ker. | Fox, Edward Long, 1761–1835. | Fox, Charles Joseph. | Willis, William, active 1830–1849, engraver. | Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856, ill.