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

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

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: 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.

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