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 Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Governor Sancho's doctor refuses to let him eat to his heart's content. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

trade merchants in business office Hamburg copper engraving coloured by J. F. Fritzsch Germany 18th century,

trade markets ""Le marche des Innocents"" Paris wood engraving after copper engraving by Jeaurat 18th century,

The Hall of Glennaquoich, A Highland Feast, A scene from Scott's novel Waverley, engraved by P. Lightfoot after a painting by D. McClise, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Fragments from the painting Temperantia by de Brueghel, Historical, digitally retouched reproduction of a 19th century original

'The Death of Wat Tyler', 1838. Artist: Unknown.

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whachum Engraved by F F Walker after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Dance in a Madhouse. Dated: 1917. Dimensions: image: 46.4 x 61.9 cm (18 1/4 x 24 3/8 in.) sheet: 50.8 x 66 cm (20 x 26 in.). Medium: lithograph in black on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Bellows.

What will we enjoy when the tax is finished, 1845 print A group of people look at a slaughtered pig hanging outside a butcher shop. Belonging to a series of six humorous pictures, cartoons on politics, taxes and other social conditions, around 1845. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper butcher, slaughterman. taxes and financial administration

The Weighing House by William Hogarth. Weighing the degrees of dumbness and foolishness. Text below says: ' A. absolute Gravity. B. Conatus against absolute Gravity. C. practical Gravity. D. comparative Gravity. E. horizontal, or good Sense. F. Wit. G. comparative Levity, or Coxcomb. H. partial Levity, or pert Fool. I. absolute Levity, or Stark Fool. '

An engraving depicting a street scene in Vienna, Austria. 1820

Sir John Coventry, c. 1636 - 1685, Member of Parliament for Weymouth, attempting to defend himself against an armed gang who set upon him for a jest he made in the Commons about the love affairs of Ki

The Smoaking Club J. Boyne, delt ; E. Scott, sculpt.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds , Patriotism, Barbers, Barbershops, Shaving, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783

At the central skating rink in Berlin, Germany, historic wood engraving, ca. 1880, Europe

Adventures of an heir worldwide, Jacques turned abruptly, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Grays Inn Lane. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

Lithographic print by Auguste Belin titled 'Le Passe-Temps: The Alsatian Orphan', created around 1850, depicting an orphan child in a spring scene.

Engraving depicting a busy street near the London docks.

Engraving depicting Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1839), an Italian aeronaut, his assistant George Biggin, and Mrs Letitia Anne Sage. Dated 18th Century

Industry and Idleness The idle prentice betrayed by a prostitute From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

The Barber Surgeons picture, London, UK, 19th century engraving

Harbor with ruin of a tower, Anthony van Zijlvelt, after Johannes Lingelbach, 1650 - 1695 print Several sailors around a barrel and around a fire on the waterfront. In the background the ruin of a tower and different ships. Amsterdam paper etching harbour. accessories ~ fire-place. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. landscape with ruins

'The Queen Opening The Crystal Palace', 1892. Artist: Henry Gillard Glindoni.

Meeting Louis XVI (1754-1793) and the Minister Lamoignon-Malesherbes (1721-1794), afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI. Engraving by Blanpain. 19th century.

An engraving depicting soap-boilers. Dated 19th century

The damnation of Obadiah H.W. Bunbury delin., 1772 ; J. Bretherton, f.. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5214. Sterne, Laurence,1713-1768,Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.

Little Dorrit, Mr. Sparkler under a reverse of circumstances

Illustration from 'De quelques diableries erotiques' by Eugene le Poitevin (1806 - 1870)

19th century illustration of a Glasgow, sign painter and water carrier, in Scotland

Shakespeare before Sir Thomas Lucy by Thomas Brooks (1818-1892). William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. Sir Thomas Lucy (24 April 1532 - 7 July 1600) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1585. He was a magistrate in Warwickshire, but is best known for his links to William Shakespeare

Hugo de Groot is preparing for the flight from Loevestein, 1621, Simon Fokke, 1754 print In a departure, Hugo de Groot enters a book box. Next to him is his wife Maria van Reigersberg. Amsterdam paper etching law and jurisprudence (+ escape from prison) Slot Loevestein

Sancho at the Feast, Starved by his Physician' by William Hogarth (1697 ñ 1764). English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist. Sancho Panza is a key character in the Spanish novel 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes

AN AUTUMN TOUR IN SWITZERLAND

Le Preche deJunius. Artist: Leopold Flameng, French, 1831-1911

Die Fortschrittsszene der Rakes in Bedlam / The Rakes Progress Scene in Bedlam From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

'Plumbers working on a building. In the foreground solder for sealing joints is being melted. Hand-coloured woodcut from ''The Book of English Trades'', London, 1823.'

The Power of Music. Date/Period: 1848. Hand-colored lithograph. Width: 57.5 cm. Height: 48.9 cm (sheet). Author: Leon Noel.

French Revolution. Judgment of King Louis XVI of France (1754-1793). Meeting of Louis XVI with his lawyer Malesherbes (1721-1794). Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Oliver amazed at the Dodger's mode of going to work' by George Cruikshank, created between 1837 and 1839

Autumn, detail of 18th century Gobelins tapestry depicting the Seasons. Rococo Room, Rosenholm Castle, Jutland, Denmark.

The return of the nephew. / 11. (registered title) | Album Lithographed / 1828. (IFF 22) (title of all)

Im Haus der alten Schiffergesellschaft zu Lübeck, Deutschland, 1900, Im Laufe der Jahre kamen der Schiffergesellschaft durch die seemännischen Kenntni...

EDISON's ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier.

Columbus Breaking the Egg, Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744-1818, British, after William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Published by Longman, active 1804-1914, British, 1807, Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance" by William J. Stewart: George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. 'That hand was nearer to him at that moment than he dreamt. The thought of George so filled his mind as for a moment to exclude all consideration of his danger. He was recalled to it by a crashing blow upon the window, shattering it. His time had come, then. He turned to meet his death. The window was flung up then, and not death, but George Cowper, with hope of life and rescue, leaped into the room. The old man fell back. "Good Heaven!" he cried, "you here&

The Hoosier Don Quixote - Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote sitting in a chair, reading, with a sword in raised right hand, with visions of former (and current) presidents, as well as some of the social ills that he hopes to correct. Political cartoon, 1905

Wedding party attacked by a bee swarm. Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Journal. July 28, 1912. Private Collection.

"In Commemoration of the Duke's Birthday", 1869. 'The incident which Mr. Friston has put before us, in the picture we have engraved, is one that will explain itself when the reader is reminded that the date of our present Number, May 1, is the hundredth anniversary of the great Duke of Wellington's birthday...The lapse of time which brought his long life to an honoured and not untimely close in September, 1852, has now completed a whole century since the puling babe who was to subdue the conqueror of Europe first lay in his nurse's arms. Another century may pass, and yet another...,

Lucas and Clarisse, lord and lady in fantasy costume enter a house., Lucas and Clarisse, draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1769, paper, brush, pen, h 130 mm × w 78 mm, FTZYC Doctype , draughtsman: Floris Croese, 1773 - 1808, paper, brush, h 218 mm × w 154 mm

In a school parlour in the 16th century, woodcut from the, pictures to Schimpf and Ernst, by Hans Burgkmair, 1472-1559, Germany, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

18th-century European society. Return from the christening. Scene of aristocratic customs at the time of Louis XV. The christening party has just returned from the parish church. The nurse presents the newborn to the guests. Engraving by Walla after a painting by Carl Herpfer (1836-1937). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), January 15, 1884.

December - "The Winter of Our Discontent" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1839. Dimensions: 93 × 156 mm (primary support); 222 × 284 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fresco on a facade of the former home of Hans Jakob Fugger in Augsburg, c. 1870, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Industry and Idleness The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

A French peintre d'enseigne (sign painter) at work on a shop-front. Date: circa 1845

The hemispheres of Magdeburg

The Enraged Musician' cartoon engraving by William Hogarth 1741.

Sedan chairs, 18th century (1882-1884).Artist: Smeeton and Tilly

Engraving titled 'The Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) depicting two drunks swaying their way home, aided by the light of a lantern. Dated 18th Century

Les bonnes pratiques (The GoodCustomers). Lithographer: Charles Étienne Pierre Motte, French, 1785-1836 After: Adrien Victor Auger, French, 1787-1854

In 1812, the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, published Children and Household Tales, a collection German fairy tales. This illustration accompanied the tale "Clever Else" and shows Else and her mother and father looking at the pickaxe that Else thought might fall on her child when he came downstairs years later if she married the suitor who had come to her house and they had a child. This image is from Grimms Eventyr (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Carl Ewald, published in 1922. The frontispiece has the illustrations by Philip Grot Johann and R. Leinweber. Johann was a well-known German illustrator and did pieces for Goethe, but he considered his pieces for Grimm's tales very important. He died young and Leinweber succeeded him as illustrator for later editions of the tales.

Entry of a sovereign in a carriage into a city, probably the arrival of Prince William V and Wilhelmina of Prussia at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, November 1767, Entry of Prince William V and Wilhelmina of Prussia into The Hague, 1767, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1767 and/or 1900 - 1906, paper, h 290 mm × w 435 mm

The People at the Tuileries, 20 June, 1792. Louis XVI 1754 1793. King of France 1774 1792. Engraved by J. Smith after Raffet.

Consecrated ground. Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens (London, 1852-1853) Satire novel on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery

Meissen. Albrechtsburg. Demazurism August are shown the secret resources of the porcelain manufactory

Republican enthusiasts raise a 'Tree of Liberty' in the rue Saint-Martin, Paris - but it will soon be cut down by the authorities. Date: February 1850

Hudibras with the Lawyer Engraved by G Presbury after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

In the art pen at Ellis Island 1908. Illustration shows several artists identified as 'Lawrence, Gainsborough, D. Teniers, Rubens, Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Duerer, Velasquez, Van Dyke, Reni', and the friar Girolamo Savonarola as 'S', being held in a holding pen labelled 'Prohibitive Tariff on Art' at Ellis Island Immigration Station.

Invasion of privacy by a seaside camera obscura (left). George du Maurier cartoon from 'Punch', 17 October 1868

Befana in Rome, by Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791-1833), print. Italy, 19th century.

'Dr. Syntax at the Funeral of His Wife', 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson.

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793). Italian playwright and librettish from the Republic of Venice. Goldoni reciting one of his Comedies at the Scotto Garden in Pisa. Engraving by Rusing. Artistic Illustration, 1898.

A Group of Aeronauts. Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806), in Edinburgh for his ascent of 5 October 10 1785, surrounded by local ballooning enthusiasts, l.to r. John Mitchell, James Tytler, chemist, John Spottiswood, Magistrate, James Nielson, Myles M'Phail, caddy and tavern keeper. Etching by John Kay, Edinburgh, 1785

The Mint. Production of coins with coining presses. From 'The Microcosm of London' Ackermann, London 1808-1811. Illustrated by Rowlandson. Aquatint.

Beer Street und Gin Lane Beer Street Nach einem Originalentwurf von Hogarth aus The Works of Hogarth, London 1833 / Beer Street and Gin Lane Beer Street From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

The lady's disaster. Engraving by J. June, Forms British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The Egg Tribute on the Upper Spree, in front of such a restaurant near Treptow, to the winning boat of a rowing competition, Germany, Historic, digita...

Illustration depicting Miss Delicacy, the daughter of the Riches quarrelling with her husband who had been her father's servant. Dated 19th Century

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