Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: as seen from the river. Line engraving by Perelle.

  • Perelle, Adam, 1638-1695.
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Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: as seen from the river. Line engraving by Perelle. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (Rue St. Jacques a la Victoire) : J. Mariette

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 20.2 x 29.9 cm

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/48/13

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L'Hospital de la Salpêtrière hors la Porte St. Bernard est vue principales dependances general de Paris; son nom vient de ce que l'on y faisoit autre fois le salpestre. ... Lettering continues: "Ce bastiment fut commence a reedifier magnifiquement en Avril 1650 et par ordonnance du Roy du 10 8bre 1668. Les pauvres y furent enfermez, il y sont norries et entrenus au mombre d'environ 4000. Perette fecit" Bears number: 54

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