Title

'The Consumption Hospital, Brompton'

Caption

'The Consumption Hospital, Brompton', c1876. 19th century consumptive patients were turned away from hospitals as there was no known cure. The Royal Brompton Hospital was founded in 1840s by Philip Rose, as a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]

Date

1876

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_419

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,3Mb (3,7Mb) / 18,8in x 12,9in / 5628 x 3867 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior outdoors city animal road building London England female women woman people male boy boys child children man men health hospital horse architecture country dog guy British English lane avenue carriage location Victorian century horse drawn Britain disease consumption lady concept United Kingdom B&W MONOCHROME publication road Transport Day 19th century black & white black and white background people B W Brompton Kensington and Chelsea nineteenth century history historic West London The Print Collector horse-drawn vehicle TB TGN tuberculosis outside street building exterior engraving Old and New London horsedrawn Unknown Edward Walford Co Edward Walford Cassell Baronet 1st Baronet Petter Petter & Galpin Consumption Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital Sir Philip Rose Philip Rose engraving