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)
Details
- 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