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Title
Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum
Additional title: The asylum, from road to steamboat landing
Names
Davenport, W. H. (William Henry), 1840-1885 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Hospitals -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1866-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Hos-18
Topics
Hospitals -- New York (N.Y.)
Carriages & coaches
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Mental institutions -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1860-1869
N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum
Genres
Views
Notes
Source note: Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 9 x 13 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538982
Barcode: 33333159160965
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aa65c530-c55d-012f-b395-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1840: Creator Born
  • 1866: Issued
  • 1885: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866-02. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d3da-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d3da-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866-02). Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d3da-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum