Chained insane at Bedlam, illustration from 'Des Maladies Mentales considerees sous le rapport medical, hygienique et medico-legal' by Etienne Esquirol (1772-1840) plate XXV, 1838 (engraving) (b/w photo)

Chained insane at Bedlam, illustration from 'Des Maladies Mentales considerees sous le rapport medical, hygienique et medico-legal' by Etienne Esquirol (1772-1840) plate XXV, 1838 (engraving) (b/w photo)

(New York, NY: Bridgeman Art Library, 1838, originally published 1838), 1 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
A black-and-white engraving depicting an insane person sitting on a bed with a straw mattress and chained by a harness to the wall and by the ankles to the bed, in cell with a small barred window at Bedlam (Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St. Mary Bethlehem), London The illustration, by Ambroise Tardieu, appeared in 'Des maladies mentales considerees sous le rapport medical, hygienique, et medico-legal' by Etienne Esquirol, published in 1838.
Field of Interest
Disability Studies
Content Type
Miscellaneous artwork
Format
Text
Original Publication Date
1838
Page Count
1
Page Range
1-1
Publication Year
1838
Publisher
Bridgeman Art Library
Place Published / Released
New York, NY
Subject
Disability Studies, Diversity, Legislation and Politics, Hospitals and medical centers, Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política

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