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Engraving of an asylum ward where a man on the floor grips his head as attendants restrain his legs, surrounded by patients and a woman in white.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

An engraved scene in a barred Bedlam ward: a dishevelled man slumped on the floor clutches his head while attendants fasten his legs, and a woman in a white gown stands nearby. Patients in odd caps and costumes crowd the stone-walled room, and a dog sits in the foreground.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
[ca, 1840?]
Medium
Intaglio prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3728 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1850.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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