Insanity posters & prints

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity George Cruikshank

A Sketch for the Regents Speech on Mad-Ass-Son's Insanity Anonymous

Insane Girl Sitting in a Dungeon Anonymous

Minnesota: Fatal Burning of the Insane Asylum at St. Peter November 15th Anonymous

Mad Kate, 1806-07 Henry (1741-1825) Fuseli

The Bottle George Cruikshank

Minnesota: Fatal Burning of the Insane Asylum at St. Peter, Us Anonymous

Nobleman who has gone insane sitting backwards on a horse Christoph Weigel

Kensington, London William Gauci

West Virginia: New State Hospital for the Insane at Weston Anonymous

Don Clarazel attacked in Marseille by the insane brother's worth Nathanael Holbeex

Insane Girl Behind Bars; Woodcut Anonymous

Figure removing an angry mask Anonymous

Hurting Yourself Anonymous

The Madman Thomas Couture

Unstable Smoking Man Anonymous

North-West Front of the Asylum Near Arlsey, Bedfordshire, for the Insane Poor of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire Anonymous

Philippe Pinel releasing lunatics from their chains at the Salpetriere asylum in Paris in 1795, 1886 Tony Robert-Fleury

Cutting out the Stone of Madness or an Operation on the Head Pieter the Elder Bruegel

Philippe Pinel releasing lunatics from their chains at the Bicetre asylum in Paris in 1793, c.1840-50 Charles Louis Lucien Muller

Philippe Pinel releasing lunatics from their chains at the Bicetre asylum in Paris in 1793, c.1840-50 Charles Louis Lucien Muller

Philippe Pinel releasing lunatics from their chains at the Salpetriere asylum in Paris in 1795, 1886 Tony Robert-Fleury

Man with head explotion Anonymous

Assassination attempt against Queen Victoria, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London JR Jobbins

The Madhouse (Asylum) Francisco de Goya

Scene in a Madhouse, from A Rake's Progress William (after) Hogarth

Scene VIII: The Rake in Bedlam, 1735 William Hogarth

Assassination attempt on King George III Francis Jukes

A Rake's Progress; plate VIII of VIII William Hogarth

Broadsheet discussing the Madness of King George III, 1788 English School

The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola, c.1627-8 Peter Paul Rubens

The Desperate Man, 1843-45 Gustave Courbet

Maudsley Hospital Inmates, 1974 Charlotte Johnson Wahl

X-ray of skull with gears Anonymous

A Rake's Progress; plate VI of VIII William Hogarth

Illustration of Bedlam from 'A Tale of a Tub' by Jonathan Swift, fifth edition published 1710 Bernard III Lens