[77] The houses in Charing Cross and Barking, while earlier than Bethlem as receiving the insane exclusively, were, of course, on a very small scale compared with the Moorfield Asylum.
[78] Noorthouck's "A New History of London," 1773.
[79] In fact, it was built on the plan of the Tuileries, which is said to have greatly incensed Louis XIV.
[80] Not of brass, but of Portland stone. One of the figures was said to represent Oliver Cromwell's porter, who was a patient in the first Bedlam. In 1814 they were "restored" by Bacon (the younger).
[81] Pennant's "London," edit. 1793, p. 267.
[82] Smith, op. cit., p. 35.
[83] Cf. Ireland's "Hogarth," vol. i. p. 64, for description of this plate.
[84] Page 61. Written in 1703.
[85] Malcolm, in his "Londinum Redivivum," 1803 (vol. i. p. 351), says, "The back part of the hospital, next London Wall, is too near the street. I have been much shocked at the screams and extravagances of the sufferers when passing there. This circumstance is to be deplored, but cannot now be remedied."
[86] Proceedings of the Committee and Reports from Surveyors respecting the state of Bethlem Hospital in 1800 and 1804. London, 1805.