The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London). It later became known as Colney Hatch Mental Hospital and then as Friern Hospital
Picture No
13990398
Media ID
45427214
Size
6000px x 2670px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 12th May 1849, page 303
Date
1849
