The Westminster Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth. Engraving on silk by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

[London]

1 print : engraving, printed on silk ; image and border 9.9 x 14 cm

Britannia seated under an oak, amidst the symbols of war, agriculture & the polite arts, receives from the hand of Minerva the original proposals for the institution of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital; by her side stands Charity, who expatiates on the utility of the design & points at a perspective elevation of the hospital; Pendant on the oak is a Tuscan sheild with the arms of Earl Percy who generously patroniz'd the first undertaking, & at the top are placed the arms of the City of Westminster. ; S. Wale del. ; C. Grignion sc. Other lettering includes: "Hide not thy face from thine own flesh. Isaih Ch 58 1:7"

Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983

Wellcome Collection 40029i