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1.
Mad in Bedlam. [graphic]. Plate 8

Published / Created:
[between 1785 and 1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 785.00.00.127+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Copy (reversed) of the first state of Plate 8 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 139), after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.: A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman, and a warder; in the background, an inmate who believes himself to be God has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall. Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude. Variant and related titles:Title in Paulson: Rake's progress. Plate 8
Alternative Title:
[Rake's progress]. Plate 8 and His Fortune ruin'd, Frenzy wrecks his Mind, ...
Description:
Added title from Paulson., "Plate 7."--Lower right below design., Date range for publication based on form of publisher's name in imprint. "Robt. Sayer & Co." is found on prints published during Robert Sayer's final business period (1785-1794), following the Sayer & Bennett partnership (1774-1784) and preceding his death in 1794. See British Museum online catalogue., See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 138., and Matted to: 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Dogs, Guards, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mad in Bedlam. [graphic]. Plate 8

2.
[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 15. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman and a warder; in the background, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be God and has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall). Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on to his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude and an image of the reverse of a coin, lettered "Britannia/1763", and the name of a well-known prostitute, Betty Careless
Alternative Title:
Madness, thou chaos of [the] brain, what art?
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verse etched below image., Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 15 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

3.
[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 June 1735]
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 15. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman, and a warder; in the background, an inmate who believes himself to be God has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall. Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to the right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude
Alternative Title:
Madness, thou chaos of [the] brain, what art?
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson., Additional title from first lines of verse etched below image., Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 15 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

4.
[A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 15. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in Bedlam with Tom half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a clergyman and a warder; in the background, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be God and has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall). Two elegantly dressed female visitors whisper together, the one holding a fan against her face to shield from her view an inmate in a cell who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on to his straw bed. The wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude and an image of the reverse of a coin, lettered "Britannia/1763", and the name of a well-known prostitute, Betty Careless
Alternative Title:
Madness, thou chaos of [the] brain, what art?
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verse etched below image., Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 15 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 8]

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