A raggedly dressed, cross-eyed old woman stands in front of St. James's Palace. She poses with her right hand raised, fingers crossed and with her left hand held down, making a sign with her forefinger and thumb. Her tongue hangs out over her lips
Alternative Title:
Upon Granny in her native poverty
Description:
Title engraved at top of the image., Text engraved at bottom of image: Upon Granny in her native poverty., Engraved by T.S. after M. Laroon; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Printmaker attibution to John Savage from unverified data in local catalog record., Later state, with previous title "Granny" and statements of responsibility "Laroon pinx." and "TS [monogram] ex." replaced in lower margin with verses; new title and additional verses also added at top of image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.308., Date range for publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1887,1216.3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns beneath title: That fools have fortune we may now aver, since Granny laughs at them [that] laught at her ..., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: The scene is alter'd Granny's glory, coach and fortune's all a story ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Insanity., Window mounted to 29 x 20 cm; mounted to 34 x 23 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Mental illness, Poor persons, and Mentally ill persons
Title from item., Item is trimmed with loss of imprint. Information supplied from copy in British Museum., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Insanity.
Publisher:
Published Feb 1st 1791, by S. Parker
Subject (Name):
Loader, William, active 1791.
Subject (Topic):
Mental illness, Mentally ill persons, Daggers & swords, and Military uniforms
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? and Scene in a madhouse
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Restrike of the third state of the plate, which was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was later reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., Eighth scene in A rake's progress. See Paulson., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, Psychiatric -- Hospitals, Interior -- Patient restraints.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Psychotherapy patients, Hospitals, Psychiatric hospitals, Restraint of patients, Interiors, Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
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., and After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
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
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., and After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
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
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
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., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 355 x 408 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Asylums, Mental institutions, Mentally ill persons, and Rake's progress
