Title

Cobbling, Earlswood Asylum, Reigate, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Cobbling, Earlswood Asylum, Reigate, 1904. Opened in 1848, the Royal Earlswood Hospital was an asylum for people with learning difficulties, or 'idiots' as they were described at the time. Patients were taught various manual trades. A print from Social England, edited by HD Traill and JS Mann, volume VI. (Cassell and Company Limited, London, 1904).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1904

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C48_150

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,4Mb (1,2Mb) / 12,2in x 9,7in / 3657 x 2909 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male learning job man men health hospital sitting country trade guy occupation clothes British English patient dress location Victorian century Britain profession supervising supervisor furniture concept stool B&W learning difficulties apron MONOCHROME supervision asylum 19th century black & white black and white B W cobbling nineteenth century The Print Collector photograph Royal Earlswood Hospital Unknown photograph