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Plan of a hospital and accommodation for sick slaves

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Plan of a hospital and accommodation for sick slaves

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: _"Plan van een hospital en woning voor sieke directie

en landsneegers."_

This anonymous 1780 design relates to the proposed construction of a separate sick barracks in the hospital in Gravenstraat for the slaves of the Surinam Society and the Government. On the 1793 plan on VELH614 this is indicated by the letter (G), ‘the Negroes’ and Convalescents’ Building’.

Scale-bar of 50 Rhineland feet = [approximately 1 : 75].

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Sources and literature

Heijer, H. den, Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie = Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch West India Company, II, de nieuwe WIC 1674-1791 = the new WIC 1674-1791 (2012)