Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving in outline by [H.D.], 1816, after T. Stothard, 1783, after C. Cibber, 1680.

  • Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.
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1816
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25641i
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The text in The gentleman's magazine (p. 306) repeats the information mentioned in record number 25633i about the model for the melancholy lunatic being porter to Oliver Cromwell, attributing the story to G. Vertue

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1816

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1 print : line engraving ; image 11.3 x 20.4 cm

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Statues of the maniacs at Bethlem Hospital, by Caius Gabriel Cibber. ; HD ; Gent. Mag. April 1816.Pl. II. p. 305.

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Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983

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Wellcome Collection 25641i

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