Description
- Abstract:
- A copy of an engraving from the late 17th century, representing the first building of the Salpêtrière. At that time the building housed about 4,000 poor people and was being used as an asylum for the indigent and mentally ill.
Citation
"L' Hospital de la Salpestriere:
Gravure d'après Pérelle
"
(1925).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1102227/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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