LONDON IN THE 18TH CENTURY / ST BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL MUSEUM

The recovery of London expanded at a rapid pace after the Great Fire. As the city at the heart of the Age of Enlightenment, it was a consumer society par excellence with wealth and squalor side by side. It was a rough and ready time, elegant and refined: a time of passionate preaching and riotous disorder. This is the time of Robert Adam, Canaletto, William Hogarth and the Mob, and the course will illustrate the life that Londoners lived in every stratum of society.

The museum illustrates the history of the hospital from its beginning in the 12th century: with extensive archival material and surgical and medical equipment the place of disease and diet is graphically illustrated through the centuries. The visit will include exterior views of the 18th century buildings and the famous Hogarth paintings on the Grand Staircase.

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