[The incurable] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The incurable] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat ...
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 April 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 4th 1784, by W. Humphry, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: Charles Fox, in strait jacket, with unruly hair and a wild look on his face, is examined by Dr. Monro, the physician to Bedlam, who looks at him through a quizzing glass. Fox confesses that his troubles come from loosing his place, i.e., the fall of the Fox-North Coalition, while Dr. Monro pronounces him an incurable
Description: Title from Grego.
Six lines of verse in two columns below image: Dazzled with hope he could not see the cheat, of aiming with impatience to be great. With wild ambition in his heart we find, farewell content and quiet of his mind. For glittering clouds he left the solid shore, and wonted happiness returns no more.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Great Britain -- Hospitals, psychiatric -- Psychiatric patients -- Bethlehem Hospital.
1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 24.1 x 28.9 cm.
Printed on wove paper.
Provenance: Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 29 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English