EditorialZuzanna Szadkowski, left, and Deborah Knox in “Fall River Fishing" at the Connelly Theater in New York, Feb. 17, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialBethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam Hospital in St. Georges Fields, Southwark, 1816. Now the Imperial War Museum. Designed by surveyor James Lewis in the neoclassical style with portico and six Doric columns. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolp...
EditorialMedieval beggar types: soap eater (lunatic imposter) from the era of Elizabeth I, Tom of Bedlam from the era of Edward VI, and disabled vagabond with performing dog from the era of Henry VIII. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith...
EditorialSouthwest view of Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital and London Wall, 1814. In the 18th century, visitors paid a penny at the Penny Gate to view the inmates. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814.
EditorialParts of the London Wall and Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital, built in 1675. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814.
EditorialHospitall called Bedlam. [An Atlas of London, containing a general map and thirty-six maps of the Wards, Parishes and Liberties, with twentyfive views of the principal institutions and buildings. Based upon an earlier survey by William Leybourn and Ric...
EditorialMedieval beggar types: soap eater (lunatic imposter) from the era of Elizabeth I, Tom of Bedlam from the era of Edward VI, and disabled vagabond with performing dog from the era of Henry VIII. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith...
EditorialSouthwest view of Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital and London Wall, 1814. In the 18th century, visitors paid a penny at the Penny Gate to view the inmates. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814.
EditorialParts of the London Wall and Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital, built in 1675. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814.