Picture No | 10216317 |
Date | 1881 |
Description | The Smallpox Hulks, 'Atlas' and 'Endymion' |
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Two old hulks, 'Atlas' and 'Endymion', at Deptford Creek, London, from 'The Illustrated London News', . These vessels were lent by the Admiralty to the Metropolitan Asylums Board to serve as a temporary smallpox hospital in the Thames.
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Source | Engraving by J. R. Wells in 'The Illustrated London News', 23 July 1881, page 72 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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