Watercolour of a historic hospital with a few secrests.
The hospital dates from 1721, when it was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy.
 
It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital. Guy had been a Governor and benefactor of St Thomas' and his fellow Governors supported his intention by granting the south-side of St Thomas' Street for a peppercorn rent for 999 years.Following his death in 1724, Thomas Guy was entombed at the hospital's chapel (also dating from the 18th century), in a tomb featuring a marble sculpture by John Bacon.
 
Behind this building lies the last fragment of the old London Bridge.
 
Interesting fact...
The 34‑floor Tower Wing was, for many years, the tallest hospital building in the world—standing at about 148.7 metres (487.7 ft) when it opened in 1974.
For well over a century, the hospital and its attached medical school were deeply entangled with the practice of dissection, at a time when the only legal source of bodies was the gallows. This meant that many of the cadavers used for teaching had been executed criminals, and stories of secret nighttime dissections and cluttered anatomy rooms were common in medical lore.