Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving, 1784, after C. Cibber, 1680.

  • Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.
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1784
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25636i
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London (At the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row) : Alexander Hogg

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1 print : engraving ; image 9.2 x 16.3 cm

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A representation of the capital figures of Bethlem Hospital gate, London.

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B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 61/85 [p.147]

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Wellcome Collection 25636i

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