Historical Illustrations of Insanity

A collection of engravings depicting historical scenes related to mental health and societal perceptions, featuring dramatic and expressive figures.

1730s THE MADHOUSE 18th CENTURY BEDLAM INSANE ASYLUM FROM A PAINTING BY WILLIAM HOGARTH CIRCA 1735

The arrest of the Duchess of Berry, November 7, 1832. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire contemporaine par l'im

1730s THE MADHOUSE 18th CENTURY BEDLAM INSANE ASYLUM FROM A PAINTING BY WILLIAM HOGARTH CIRCA 1735

Quixote being cared for by the Innkeeper's wife and daughter., 1726

Punchinello in the house of death , Clowns, Picnics, Deathbeds, Punchinello Fictitious character. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

The Quack Doctor' by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). A cartoon that depicts unqualified medical practice in England. C1800

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

The self-sacrifice of mayor Pieter van der Werff, during the siege of Leiden, 1574. In interior, Van der Werff hands bystanders his sword, The self-sacrifice of Mayor Pieter van der Werff, 1574, print maker: Philippus Velijn, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: A. Elink Sterk jr., (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1822 - 1824, paper, etching, h 110 mm × w 79 mm

Mode, Kleidung in Deutschland im späten Mittelalter, 1475-1500, von links, ein Kupferschmied mit Turbanhaube, ein einfacher Mann, ein Bauer mit seiner...

Cruelty in Perfection. Dated: 1750. Dimensions: block: 44.6 x 37 cm (17 9/16 x 14 9/16 in.) sheet: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.). Medium: woodcut on thick wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after William Hogarth John Bell.

The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli (L'Accademia di Baccio Bandinelli) by Agostino Veneziano (also known as Agostino dei Musi, circa 1490 -1540), engraving, 1531

The Four Stages of Cruelty Cruelty in Perfection Engraved by I Romney after Hogarth From The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

The union of Francois de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret is blessed with a baby boy who will, against all odds, grow up to be France's favourite king, Henri IV. Date: 1553

The Innkeeper's Wife & Daughter taking Care of ye Don after being beaten & bruised (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote) 1756 or after William Hogarth British. The Innkeeper's Wife & Daughter taking Care of ye Don after being beaten & bruised (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote) 397843

News from Suez, London Pub. Edward Ardizzone (1900-1978). Watercolour, pen, brush, black ink and grey wash. 9 x 12in

Woodcut by Pieter Bruegel the Elder from 1566 depicting the wild man or the masquerade of Orson and Valentin, showing figures, costumes, gestures, and landscape elements.

Actualités: Gare la Question d'Orient!, 1841. Clémente Pruche (French, 1831-1870). Lithograph;

Eldon's Hotel, Roundstone,Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland

A Rake's Progress: pl.8. Dated: 1735. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Hogarth.

Workshop of Mr Jadot, carpenter, in Paris, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1882.

Spain. Madrid. The corner of the dangers's street. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870.

American Revolution. British political cartoon entitled, 'A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina', was published in London in March 1775. It satirizes the colonists boycott English goods, as advocated by the First Continental Congress in 1774 (BSLOC_2019_4_37)

A young woman attempts to get hold of a letter which an old man is reading out to the apparent amusement of the other men. Aquatint by Domenico Landini after John Burnet.

A gentleman of Bohemia after having his whole family murdered, strangled by five ruffians for helping protestants. Engraving from c 1780 edition of Th

Engraving titled 'The Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. Dated 18th Century.

Monkeys Eat Oysters in an inn, Leonard Schenk (Possibly), 1720 print Monkeys eat oysters and roast meat in an inn. Part of a series consisting of a title print with 16 unnumbered plates from around 1720 in which monkeys figure as people in all kinds of scenes from daily life. Each print with a two -way verse in the caption. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'. monkeys, apes. eating. molluscs: oyster. open hearth, fire-place. spit ~ cooking

The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry and Idleness, plate 4 September 30, 1747 William Hogarth British. The Industrious 'Prentice a Favorite, and Entrusted by his Master: Industry and Idleness, plate 4 398596

A noisy tenant and three of his friends, having stayed up singing until the early hours of the morning, go to the house of an elderly neighbour and disturb his sleep to ask him for glass of water and the loan of a shilling for a cab. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

Bacon's rebellion, Virginia, 1676-1677: Lydia, the wife of the rebel Edmund Cheeseman, faints as he is condemned for treason by the governor of Virgina, William Berkeley; a toothless old lady is restrained from attacking her. Coloured etching by A. Bobbet after F. Darley.

Travelling Theatre (Punch and Judy) on a bridge in Paris, 19th century.

Amsterdam, Schenk, Leonard, 't Aapenspel in de Werelt, Apenspel in de wereld, Apen eten oysters in een herberg, verso - stamped, Apen eten oysters en roast meat in een herberg. Part of a series consisting of a title print with 16 unnumbered plates from around 1720 in which monkeys appear as people in all kinds of scenes from everyday life. Each plate with a two-line verse in the caption., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 165 mm, width 196 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1696-02-26 - 1767-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1720 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etsen, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

History of a Helmet: Masked ball, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1543, Volume LX, September 21, 1872.

The Death of Honor Gabriel Riqueti. Comte De Mirabeau. a French revolutionary. journalist and politician. died on April 2. 1791 in Paris. France from heart problems. digital reproduction of a historical original

fine arts, Cruikshank, George (1792 - 1878), graphic, series ""The bottle"", plate 6, ""Fearful Quarrels, and Brutal Violence, Are the Natural Consequences of the Frequent Use of the Bottle"", etching, 1847, private collection,

An old woman soothes a wound on Don Quixote's back. Engraving by William Hogarth.

Passage Through The Storm, (1885).Artist: Garnier

Philippe Lebon consulting a fortune-teller, vintage engraving. Philippe Lebon consulting a fortune-teller, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660315

A court jester. After a miniature from a 15th century French Bible. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

The City Chanters. The picture is a satire on popular support for John Wilkes and Frederick Bull who were running for Sheriff of London in 1771, a post which they won. (Two sheriffs are elected annu

Paris. - the monster ball

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

LOW LIFE

Bedlam from 'A Rake's Progress' 1733, By William Hogarth (1697 ñ 1764). English painter, printmaker, satirist. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling Finally insane and violent, in the eighth painting he ends his days in Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam), London's celebrated mental asylum. Only Sarah Young is there to comfort him, but Rakewell contin

Excavated bakery in Pompeii, the history of ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Hostess Discharges a Pan of Blood into the Face of Parson Andrews, from "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams" 1792 Thomas Rowlandson. Hostess Discharges a Pan of Blood into the Face of Parson Andrews, from "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams". Adventures of Joseph Andrews. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1792. Etching. James Sibbald (British, Whitlaw, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1747-1803 Edinburgh). Prints

Don Quixote puts his sword in a bag of wine, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1775 print At night, Don Quixote looks on wine bags for giants. Only dressed in his nightdress, he puts his sword in one of the bags. He sees the wine that flows out for giant blood. Sancho Panza, De Waard and the priest look in the background. paper etching Don Quixote. wine ~ alcoholic drinks. hotel, hostelry, inn

Kunisada, work, Actor Seki Sanjuro II in the play Kanadeho chusingura (Faithful vassals), 1830, colored woodblock print, graphics

The old invalid at the feet of the coffin of the prince of Condé. (IT)

The betrayal of Rennenberg to Burgemeester Hillebrands, 1580. The betrayal of Rennenberg to Burgemeester Hillebrands, 2 March 1580. De Graaf van Rennenberg, now switched to Spanish silk, assures the city council of Groningen during a meal at Mayor Hillebrands van His Trouw to the States with a handshake. Design for a print.

Kruseman, Jan Adam, Netherlands, Velijn, Philippus, Margaretha Coppier hides soldiers of the prince in her home in Antwerp, 1574, Margaretha Coppier (also known as Margaretha van Kalslagen) hides soldiers of the Prince of Orange in her home during an attempt by the prince to conquer the city by ruse, 1574. She answers soldiers who are searching the house., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 113 mm, width 79 mm, Dutch, 1787-01-31 - 1836-05-04, print maker, printmaker, 1826 - 1828, second quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1804-02-12 - 1862-03-17, intermediary draughtsman

Quarrel in a library in Auchinleck; The Contest at Auckinleck; Boswell's trip to the Hebrides; Picturesque beauties or boswell. Part The Second. Interior of a library. Samuel Johnson attends Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck with a book. His son, James Boswell looks at the quarrel from the doorway, biting on his thumbs.

Event on 16 July 1647 during the Neapolitan uprising, verso - stamped, A group of men shoot a man on the tenth day of the Neapolitan uprising in 1647., print, book illustration, prints, height 66 mm, width 64 mm, height 122 mm, width 70 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing

Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746-1810, Irish, First Design for the Enraged Musician, 1799. Etching and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

A family is about to return from their holiday in a London townhouse. Etching by George Cruikshank after S.K.

Luyken, Jan, Northern Netherlands, Léonard Plovier, Ieanne et Marie van Aachen, noyez à Antwerp, Ao. 1560, Leonhard Plovier, Iannitge und Maritge von Aachen, zu Antorff ertränket, Leonard Plovier and two girls drowned in barrels in Antwerp, 1560, Leonard Plovier and two girls from Aachen are drowned in barrels of water in Antwerp, print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 115 mm, width 143 mm, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1685, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception

Kermesse. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) painter Teniers, David III (Flemish, 1638-1685) (designed after) painter c. 1700-1775 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'1" x W 8'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J.C. Osgood 6/9/1916. Before inn, groups of figures seated at tables feast; hurdy-gurdy player entertaining children; couple dance next to bagpiper standing on inverted tub; village, church & seascape in background Borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 3613

Charles I in the guard room, (1860). Artist: W Hulland

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. II: In Foreign Climes 1882 James Tissot French. The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. II: In Foreign Climes. The Parable of the Prodigal Son series. James Tissot (French, Nantes 1836-1902 Chenecey-Buillon). 1882. Etching on laid paper; second state of two. Prints

Reception by Fagin and boys. 19th century illustration from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Illustration by George Cruishank (1792-1878)

An engraving depicting Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714). Dated 19th century

The Slang Society July 24, 1785 Thomas Rowlandson. The Slang Society. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). July 24, 1785. Etching. Prints

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa. Engraving.

Louvre Museum, Arrival of a stagecoach, sketch from a painting by Boilly, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.

Irish Potato Famine, 1842. Artist: Unknown

Black and White Illustration: "Scene in Bridewell". The hapless Harlot is thrown into Bridewell Prison for prostitution. Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "The Harlot's Progress"

As some men go up in a balloon a woman is about to fall into a hole in the ground. Process print after George Cruikshank.

England Engraved by T Phillibrown after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

W. HEATH: HIS HONOUR, THE BEADLE, DRIVING THE VAGABONDS OUT OF THE PARISH, 1830

The trial of Lord William Russell (1639-1683), English politician, c1902. Artist: Unknown

NAVIDAD EN ESPAÑA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

alcohol punch caricature ""A Midnight Modern Conversation"" copper engraving by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764),

The Election Canvassing for Votes Engraved by T E Nicholson after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Christ Shown to the People ca. 1515-20 After a painting by Quentin Metsys Netherlandish Though this tapestrys edges have been cut, very little of its design is missing, except for a likely border. A hardly visible inscription gives voice to the grimacing, gesticulating, jeering crowd, thronging around the barely clothed figure of Jesus Christ: “ECCE HOMO”- ‘Here is the Man- is woven in gilded silver metal-wrapped threads immediately below his representation, as if hovering in front of the patterned balustrade. The architectures veined marbles and carved ornamentation, and the myriad textures of clothing, all create effects of rich patterning characteristic of established tapestry design conventions. The tapestrys claustrophobically cropped, half-length composition and sharply receding perspective, on the other hand, have as much in common with early Netherlandish panel painting. Indeed, this tapestry is based upon a painted design executed in multiple versions in the workshop of th

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act). A scene of London life is depicted in which the pawnbrokers, gin cellar and distillery are now flourishing, and people's lives are being destroyed by their addiction to gin, with examples of infanticide, starvation, madness, decay and suicide. Date: 1751

Cafe on the Piazetta in Venice c. 1820, Italy, Painting by Johann Heinrich Ramberg, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

fine arts, graphic, woodcut, public sale at a London auction house, London, 1710, private collection,

Master Bates explains a professional technicality. From the book ""The Adventures of Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by G.Cruikshank. Published by Chapman and Hall, London 1901.

James II of England. James II. (14 October 1633 - 16 September 1701) bids farewell to Louis XIV. King of France. as attempts were made to establish a Catholic alliance. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

The ladies' window at New York post office

Conversation between Laurent Lecointre de Versailles (1742-1805) Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746-1795) and Antoine Francois Eugène Merlin (1778-1854) France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Beheading of Charles I of England, verso lower left - stamped, The beheading of Charles I on 30 January 1649. He is the only British monarch ever to be deposed and beheaded. The executioner is about to chop off his head with an axe. A clergyman and other bystanders look on., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 91 mm, width 163 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1730 - 1730, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

The sleeping farmer from Stolwijk, 1707; Royal Almanach from 1707 / 't Lusthof of Moemus. The sleeping farmer from Stolwijk (Dirk Klaasz de Bakker) uses in a cartoon of the French in the year 1707. Around the bed of the sleeping man are doctors and spectators collected. On the left a poop chair at the burning fireplace. In the plate a verse in 4 columns in Dutch. Part of a series of 7 cartoons on the French and allies from the year 1707 (EN 1708). Part of the printing work under the collective title 't Lust Court of Momus with the bundled series of cartooning during the 1901-1713 of the Spanish Succession War.

French Revolution. Triumph of Marat and Robespierre, 24 April 1793. Chromolithography by Vicente Giné. "Los Girondinos" (Revolucion Francesa) (The Girondins, French Revolution), by A. de Lamartine. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1904.

'Queen Victoria hearing "Lohengrin" at Windsor Castle on her Eightieth Birthday', 24 May 1899, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901) at a performance of Richard Wagner's opera, by the Covent Garden Opera Company. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". London, 1901

Arrested For Debt. from 'A Rake's Progress' 1735, By William Hogarth (1697 1764). English painter, printmaker, satirist. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling

He Takes Possession from "The Rake's Progress" William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). 1735. Engraving on heavy laid paper, 14 x 16 7/16 in. (35.5 x 41.8 cm). European Art 1735

Revolutions of Paris - Assassination of LePelletier Saint-Fargeau on Sunday 20 January 1793 Revolutions of Paris: Assassination of LePelletier Saint-Fargeau on Sunday 20 January 1793 ".

Domestic female activities in an interior in Sion at one time, drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891), from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 7, July 13, 1876.

Louis XVI Stopped at Varennes

Estados Unidos. Chinos y japoneses inmigrantes asediados en California. Dibujo publicado en Le Petit Journal. Año 1908.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man!.. plate 2 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone 1821 France. Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper . Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

A toast around a table, apologue of the Mardi grass, illustration by Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 207, Volume VIII, February 13, 1847.

The lottery, Engraving by William Hogarth;18th century

Medieval era. Village fair. Engraving of Germania by Juan Scherr, 1882. Color.

Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746-1810, Irish, First Design for the Enraged Musician, 1799. Etching and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

On September 3. Princess Marie Louise of Savoy was brought before a tribunal. She was required to swear an oath of liberty and equality and to swear hatred against the monarchy. She refused. however. Her trial ended abruptly. and she was thrown at the mercy of a group of men who killed her within minutes. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

An engraving depicting Lot fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah when an earthquake circa 1900 BC destroyed them. In the background (right) is Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt because she looked back. There is evidence of a massive earthquake in the area at this date, and the legend of fire and brimstone could well have arisen from the escape of petroleum gases. Engraved by William Marshall Craig (1765-1827) an English painter. Dated 19th century

Willem I killed by Balthasar Gerards, Delft 10 July 1584. Draughtsman: Simon Fokke (signed by artist). Dating: 1753. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 149 mm × w 190 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Stülpner, Karl.

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