So what relationship did Bethlem have with Black Londoners - was it open to them, or did it only look to exclude minority ethnic communities?
This month we look at the gaze of the sitters in Henry Hering's series of photographs of patients at Bethlem.
Hear the latest in our discussions about the portrait photographs of patients taken by Henry Hering in the 19th century.
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