The author run mad [graphic].

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Title: The author run mad [graphic].
Creator: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
Published / Created: [1753?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satire by Paul Sandby on Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty', with Hogarth in Bedlam, bizarrely attired in a long cloak and fantastic headdress with an ink bottle as a crown and straw around one leg. His palette hangs from his neck as he paints on the wall
Description: Title etched above image.
Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Description of content below image: He raves, his words are loose as heaps of sand ...
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, psychiatric -- Hospitals, interior -- Patient restraints.
On page 288 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to:
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1753
Etchings England London 1753
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
England
London.
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychotherapy patients
Artists
British
Artists' materials
Painting
Physical restraints
Interiors
Mental institutions
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
Hospitals > Great Britain
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychotherapy patients
Artists > British
Artists' materials
Painting
Physical restraints
Interiors
Mental institutions > England > London
England > 1753
England > London > 1753
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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