Lunatic Collection (page 6)

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - staff and patients in the infectious hospital

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Patients Gallery
Two nurses stand on Gallery 5 at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. Behind them regularly spaced doors lead to the patients individual rooms

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Childrens Ward
Staff and inmates of Childrens Ward 2 at the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. One girl holds a doll, and another sits on a rocking horse; two others sit in a rocking device

House of Fools of Love by Francisco Quevedo. Illustration
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645). Spanish writer. House of Fools of Love. Illustration. Printed in 1895. Private collection

Wiltshire County Asylum, Devizes
Entrance to the main buildings of the Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum. The asylum, designed by T.H. Wyatt, opened in 1851, later becoming Wiltshire County Mental Hospital then Roundway Hospital

The Madman (oil on canvas)
XIR213228 The Madman (oil on canvas) by Couture, Thomas (1815-79); 62x50 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France; (add.info.: homme; femme; folie; mains; etude; demi nu; ); French, out of copyright

Essex County Lunatic Asylum at Warley Hill, Brentwood
The Essex County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1853 at Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex. It later became Brentwood Mental Hospital and then Warley Hospital. Date: 1908

Engraving by Casper Heinrich Merz after the 1835 drawing by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
THE MADHOUSE. Engraving by Casper Heinrich Merz after the 1835 drawing by Wilhelm von Kaulbach

A mentally ill woman being kept chained in a prison cell. Line engraving, 19th century
ASYLUM, 19th CENTURY. A mentally ill woman being kept chained in a prison cell. Line engraving, 19th century

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

Hydrotherapy treatment at French mental hospital
Water treatment at Asile d Alienes (lunatic asylum) of Sainte-Anne, Paris. Date: 1868

Blackwells Island Lunatic Asylum, New York City, 1860s
Patients in the yard of Blackwells Island Lunatic Asylum, New York harbor, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex
The Essex County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1853 at Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex, and was designed by H. E. Kendall Junior. It later became Brentwood Mental Hospital and then Warley Hospital

St Audrys Hospital, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Aerial view of St Audrys Hospital at Woodbridge, Suffolk, originally erected in 1765 as a workhouse formerly known as the House of Industry for Looes and Wilford Incorporated Hundreds

Stafford County Asylum, Burntwood, Staffordshire
The Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum opened at Burntwood in 1864. The buildings, designed by William Lambie Moffatt, later became Burntwood Mental Hospital then St Matthews Hospital

Hospital of Haydar Pasa, Constantinople
The Gardens of the Hospital of Haydar Pasa with staff and some inmates - Constantinople, Turkey

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Patients Dining Hall
Staff prepare the tables in the patients dining hall at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Kitchen
Staff stand in front of large coppers at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum

Cartoon, They get what they deserve, WW1
Cartoon, They get what they deserve, showing a group of pessimists, as if in a lunatic asylum, with a sign warning others against approaching or speaking to them. Date: 1915

Suffragette Lunatic Asylum. Inmate of Lunatic Asylum tells mannish suffragette in tweed suit, spats and hat, What! You, a militant suffragette! Pooh

Pauper Lunatic Detention Application
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Application requesting that Ada Wheelhouse be detained as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Detention Order
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Order authorising the detention of Ada Wheelhouse as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Certificate
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Certificate certifying that workhouse inmate Ada Wheelhouse was feeble-minded and fit to remain in the workhouse, categorised as a lunatic

Laundry at the Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol
An interior view of the laundry at Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol. Sheets are being ironed in a large rotary press. In peacetime, the hospital operated as the Bristol Lunatic Asylum

Earlswood Asylum summer festival, 1867
Summer festival at the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, Redhill. Date: 1867

Georgina Weldon, campaigner, litigant and amateur singer
Georgina Weldon 1837-1914), campaigner against the lunacy laws, litigant and amateur singer. Her interest in spiritualism led her husband to try to prove that she was insane; she resisted being taken

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, 1851
The consecration of the cemetery of the new Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), 1851

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum fire, 1903
The ruins of the temporary annexe at the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), following the disasterous fire there in 1903

The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet

Forbes Winslow
FORBES BENIGNUS WINSLOW doctor who specialised in insanity, had his own lunatic asylum, a key figure in early psychiatry. Date: 1810 - 1874

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The Late Dr. Conolly, Resident Physician of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, 1866

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The City Lunatic Asylum, Near Dartford, Uk, 1866

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The Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: Day-Room for Male Patients, Uk, 1867

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The Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: Female Dormitory, Uk, 1867

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The Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: Male Dormitory, Uk, 1867

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Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch, Consecration of the Cemetery

Reciept of payment received by Sir Jonathan Miles asylum at Hoxton House, 1832
XJF465167 Reciept of payment received by Sir Jonathan Miles asylum at Hoxton House, 1832 (ink on printed paper) by English School

Scene in a Madhouse, from A Rakes Progress (engraving)
XJF397617 Scene in a Madhouse, from A Rakes Progress (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764) (after); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Alexander Cruden (1700-70) (engraving)
KW200148 Alexander Cruden (1700-70) (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: wrote the Concordance of the Old and New Testaments; ); Ken Welsh; English

London Asylum
Disturbed patients in a London lunatic asylum or psychiatric hospital, 1838. From Sketches in London by James Grant. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic Asylum
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum - Inmate to new arrival: " What, you mad too! So gad." Date: 1898

Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil May
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900

Joshua Tree N. P. CA. Joshua tree and moon in Hidden Valley, Wonderland of Rocks
Joshua Tree N.P. CA. Joshua tree and moon in Hidden Valley, Wonderland of Rocks

Floor and elevation plans for the Publick Hospital (lunatic asylum) completed in 1773, in colonial Willamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG: ASYLUM. Floor and elevation plans for the Publick Hospital (lunatic asylum) completed in 1773, in colonial Willamsburg

An entertainment for the patients at the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch
INSANE ASYLUM, 1853. An entertainment for the patients at the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1853

in a cell of the hospital at San Jose, Costa Rica. Wood engraving, 1860
INSANE WOMAN. in a cell of the hospital at San Jose, Costa Rica. Wood engraving, 1860

A demented idiot under restraint in a French asylum. Line engraving, 1838
INSANITY, 1838. A demented idiot under restraint in a French asylum. Line engraving, 1838

Developed in 1810 by Benjamin Rush. Contemporary American line engraving
TRANQUILIZING CHAIR. Developed in 1810 by Benjamin Rush. Contemporary American line engraving

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Step into the haunting history asylums, where tales of madness and despair unfold. Warwick County Mental Hospital in Hatton, Warwickshire, stands as a testament to the struggles faced by those deemed mentally ill. The North Wales Lunatic Asylum in Denbigh, North Wales, echoes with the cries of forgotten souls trapped within its walls. Asylum Lodge in Devizes, Wiltshire, holds secrets untold – stories of shattered minds seeking solace amidst chaos. Banstead Asylum in Surrey witnessed both anguish and hope as patients battled their inner demons for a chance at redemption. In Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire lies Stone Asylum; its imposing structure concealing tormented spirits yearning for release from their mental prisons. Colney Hatch's County Lunatic Asylum in Middlesex bears witness to countless lives lost to insanity's relentless grip. Parkside Asylum nestled in Macclesfield, Cheshire reminds us that even amidst darkness there can be flickers of light - glimmers of compassion that offered solace to troubled souls. Derby County Mental Hospital in Mickleover tells tales etched on every wall - each brick holding fragments of broken dreams and fractured minds. Exminster Asylum situated in Devon whispers stories long forgotten - voices silenced but never truly extinguished. Barming Asylum located in Maidstone stands as a testament to society's shifting perception towards mental health throughout the ages. Travel back through time to witness Pinel releasing mental patients from shackles in France during 1796—a pivotal moment marking progress towards humane treatment for those afflicted by madness. Finally, Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum beckons from Thorpe with an air of mystery—its corridors shrouded with unanswered questions waiting patiently for seekers of truth. These asylum walls bear witness to humanity's struggle against unseen forces within our own minds—an enduring reminder that empathy and understanding are vital ingredients on our collective journey toward healing and acceptance.