Author: ANTWERPEN STUIVENBERG Hospital - INDENKLEF ( photographer ) :
Title: Antwerpen, Stuivenberg Ziekenhuis, 5 mounted photographs, rubberstamped. Etablissement Photographique Ancn. Maison A.Indenklef; Gustave Hermans succr., 98 Rue Dambrugge Anvers.
Description: .: 5. Map with 5 mounted photographs, exteriors of the Stuivenberg Hospital Buildings, photos of 28 x 39,5 cm mounted on boards of 48 x 66 cm. The photographs were taken immediately after the completion of the hospital building. They show overall views and parts of buildings of this huge complex. It was designed in 1872-73 by F. Baeckelmans and completed in 1877-84 by J.B. Bilmeyer and J. van Riel. It represents a typical modern 19th-century model of a large hospital with central service buildings and circular wards on two levels. Especially the circular wards were very innovative. .

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