Insanity Collection (#3)

An Old Woman Wearing a Rosary Cursing a Seated Man; Possibly Queen Margaret Cursing the Duke of Gloucester, (pencil)
651822 An Old Woman Wearing a Rosary Cursing a Seated Man; Possibly Queen Margaret Cursing the Duke of Gloucester, (pencil, pen and brown ink, grey wash) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli)

Decorative plaque, Archaic, second half of the 7th century BC (ivory)
5053952 Decorative plaque, Archaic, second half of the 7th century BC (ivory) by Greek, (7th century BC); 13.6x7x1.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mr William Brereton in the character of Don Alonzo in Edward Youngs The Revenge
6337637 Mr William Brereton in the character of Don Alonzo in Edward Youngs The Revenge by Roberts, James (1753-c.1809) (after); (add.info)

The Homeopaths: Second Treatment (plate 5), 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
The Homeopaths: Second Treatment (plate 5), 1843

Removing the Rocks in the Head, c. 1550-1600 (oil on panel)
3704072 Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-1600 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) (after); 41.3x30.9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Scene from Shakespeares Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 7) (litho)
5996163 Scene from Shakespeares Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 7) (litho) by Piloty, Ferdinand the Elder (1786-1844); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Shakespeares Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 7)

Shooting in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris (colour litho)
2779523 Shooting in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shooting in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris)

Death of a young girl gripped by religious mania (colour litho)
2779443 Death of a young girl gripped by religious mania (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Drama on a transatlantic voyage (colour litho)
2779250 Drama on a transatlantic voyage (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drama on a transatlantic voyage)

A deranged man who was shooting in the galleries of the Louvre in Paris suddenly... (colour litho)
2783621 A deranged man who was shooting in the galleries of the Louvre in Paris suddenly... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dark Genius; Dunkler Genius, 1891-2 (pencil on oaper over canvas)
1766397 Dark Genius; Dunkler Genius, 1891-2 (pencil on oaper over canvas) by Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918); 43x25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dark Genius; Dunkler Genius)

The Desperate Man (Self Portrait), 1843-45 (oil on canvas)
957039 The Desperate Man (Self Portrait), 1843-45 (oil on canvas) by Courbet, Gustave (1819-77); 45x54 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Le desespere); Luisa Ricciarini; French, out of copyright

Weird Sisters: Ministers of Darkness: Minions of the Moon, pub
3025364 Weird Sisters: Ministers of Darkness: Minions of the Moon, pub. 1791 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

The narrator and the Horla, illustration from Le Horla
CHT382603 The narrator and the Horla, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) engraved by Georges Lemoine, Paris, Editions Albin Michel, c.1910 (wood engraving) by Julian-Damazy

Melancholy and Raving Madness, illustration from Old and New London by Edward Walford, published c
LLM438672 Melancholy and Raving Madness, illustration from Old and New London by Edward Walford, published c.1880 (digitally enhanced image) by English School

Procne, Philomela, and Tereus Driven Insane or Progne e Filomena presentano a Teseo la
STC415863 Procne, Philomela, and Tereus Driven Insane or Progne e Filomena presentano a Teseo la Testa di suo Figlio da Loro Ucciso, Book VI, illustration from Ovids Metamorphoses, Florence

Nebuchadnezzar, 1795 (tempera, pen & ink and w / c on paper)
828832 Nebuchadnezzar, 1795 (tempera, pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 43x60.3 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

How to stop the cataleptic state and bring back the dream capacity
CHT213236 How to stop the cataleptic state and bring back the dream capacity, late 19th century (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Medecine

Mania, illustration from Nouveau traite elementaire et pratique des maladies
CHT213234 Mania, illustration from Nouveau traite elementaire et pratique des maladies mentales by Henri Dagonet (1823-1902) Paris, Bailliere, 1876 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon, published by Hannah Humphrey
NCO189714 Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1791 (etching with aquatint) by Gillray

King George attacked by a Fit Apoplexy (engraving)
654583 King George attacked by a Fit Apoplexy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King George attacked by a Fit Apoplexy)

Les Fous De Constantinople (engraving)
2789150 Les Fous De Constantinople (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Fous De Constantinople. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 18 April 1886)

A naked lunatic running through the corridors of the Paris Palais de Justice (colour litho)
2782416 A naked lunatic running through the corridors of the Paris Palais de Justice (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A doctor struck by a bout of insanity while operating on a sick patient in Russia (colour litho)
2779752 A doctor struck by a bout of insanity while operating on a sick patient in Russia (colour litho) by French School

MAD WOMAN / 1906
Mlle Naegle, a passenger on the New Amsterdam to America, throws another womans baby overboard Date: 1906

The Bicetre Asylum, near Paris, torched by a madman, fleeing all the poor alienated people (colour litho)
2798792 The Bicetre Asylum, near Paris, torched by a madman, fleeing all the poor alienated people (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bicetre Asylum)

The madness of King Charles VI of France, 1392 (chromolitho)
669005 The madness of King Charles VI of France, 1392 (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The madness of King Charles VI of France, 1392)

Detail from the Miracle Window depicting Mad Henry of Fordwich giving thanks following
PC344988 Detail from the Miracle Window depicting Mad Henry of Fordwich giving thanks following his cure (stained glass) by English School, (13th century); Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent

The narrator, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93
CHT382604 The narrator, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) engraved by Georges Lemoine, Paris, Editions Albin Michel, c.1910 (wood engraving) by Julian-Damazy

A Rakes Progress VIII: The Rake in Bedlam, 1733 (oil on canvas)
SJS2005 A Rakes Progress VIII: The Rake in Bedlam, 1733 (oil on canvas) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 62.2x75 cm; Courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soanes Museum

Scene in a Madhouse, from A Rakes Progress, 1735 (engraving) (see also 2005)
WES67104 Scene in a Madhouse, from A Rakes Progress, 1735 (engraving) (see also 2005) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); The Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation, UK; English, out of copyright

The Death of Lady Macbeth, 19th century (pen and ink on paper)
AMO101428 The Death of Lady Macbeth, 19th century (pen and ink on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 30.7x35.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Signature of King George III, during his last attack of insanity in the early spring of 1810 (engraving)
5228612 Signature of King George III, during his last attack of insanity in the early spring of 1810 (engraving) by English School

Dance in a Madhouse, 1917 (litho)
874627 Dance in a Madhouse, 1917 (litho) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 46.99 x61.44 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Museum purchase; American, out of copyright

A Russian officer driven mad on the battlefield at Mukden, Russo-Japanese War (colour litho)
2795918 A Russian officer driven mad on the battlefield at Mukden, Russo-Japanese War (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Madness and hallucination of an English painter (chromolitho)
3100715 Madness and hallucination of an English painter (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madness and hallucination of an English painter)

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, as Lady Macbeth, 1892 (oil on board)
651185 Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, as Lady Macbeth, 1892 (oil on board) by Lenbach, Franz Seraph von (1836-1904); 88.9x75.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail from the Miracle Window depicting Mad Matilda of Cologne
PC344972 Detail from the Miracle Window depicting Mad Matilda of Colognes story (stained glass) by English School, (13th century); Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, UK; English, out of copyright

Nightmare, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93
CHT382607 Nightmare, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) engraved by Georges Lemoine, Paris, Editions Albin Michel, c.1910 (wood engraving) by Julian-Damazy

The narrator in bed, illustration from Le Horla
CHT382605 The narrator in bed, illustration from Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) engraved by Georges Lemoine, Paris, Editions Albin Michel, c.1910 (wood engraving) by Julian-Damazy

A Seated Madman (oil on canvas)
CHT234672 A Seated Madman (oil on canvas) by Simon, Dr. Max (1807-89); Musee d Histoire de la Medecine et de la Pharmacie

Nebuchadnezzar dwelling with the beasts of the field (engraving)
976532 Nebuchadnezzar dwelling with the beasts of the field (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nebuchadnezzar dwelling with the beasts of the field)

Portrait of a Mad Lady
CMY40174 Portrait of a Mad Lady by Dadd, Richard (1817-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: folie; folle; femme; ); English, out of copyright

Red-figure volute krater depicting Orestes and the Furies, late 4th century BC (pottery)
XIR179393 Red-figure volute krater depicting Orestes and the Furies, late 4th century BC (pottery) by Etruscan, (4th century BC); height: 50 cm; Musee Municipal, Laon, France; Greek, out of copyright

The Rake in Bedlam, plate VIII from A Rakes Progress, 1763 (engraving)
GHL206154 The Rake in Bedlam, plate VIII from A Rakes Progress, 1763 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); length: 56 cm; London Metropolitan Archives

The Madhouse, 1865
FTB64558 The Madhouse, 1865 by Signorini, Telemaco (1836-1901); Galleria Internazionale d Arte Moderna, Ca Pesaro, Venice, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

The judgement of a madman (coloured engraving)
5998880 The judgement of a madman (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The judgement of a madman)

Charles VI of France is warned of an ambush in the forest near Angers, 1392 (engraving)
969162 Charles VI of France is warned of an ambush in the forest near Angers, 1392 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Exploring the Depths of Insanity: A Journey Through Art and History" Step into the enigmatic world of insanity, where art and history intertwine to depict the complexities of the human mind. From Hieronymus Bosch's mesmerizing "The Garden of Earthly Delights" to Louis Wain's whimsical "Possession is nine points of the law, " each artwork offers a unique glimpse into this intriguing realm. In Charcot's haunting portrayal of an asylum patient, we witness the struggle between sanity and madness, as emotions run wild within confining walls. Pinel's revolutionary act in releasing mental patients from shackles in 18th-century France signifies a turning point towards compassion and understanding. As we enter a court room scene during Mr M Naughten trial, questions arise about society's perception and treatment of those deemed insane. William Hogarth's vivid depictions further explore this theme with his infamous works such as "Gin Lane" and "The Rakes Progress - In Bedlam. " These cautionary tales serve as reminders that no one is immune to the clutches of insanity. Drawing inspiration from Virginia Poe's haunting words, we delve deeper into the labyrinthine corridors of Bethlem Hospital in 1926 or Hanwell Asylum in 1843. These institutions become both sanctuaries for troubled souls and symbols of societal neglect. Through these artistic expressions spanning centuries, we are reminded that insanity is not merely confined to individuals but can also be reflective of broader social issues. It challenges us to question our own perceptions while urging empathy towards those grappling with their inner demons. In this captivating journey through time, let us unravel the mysteries surrounding insanity – an ever-present enigma that continues to intrigue artists, historians, and humanity itself.