print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1871,1209.5690
Title: Object: Mad in Bedlam; Object: A Rake's Progress, Plate 8; Series: A Rake's Progress
Description: Copy of a scene in Bedlam with Tom at right, half-naked and in a state of distress attended by Sarah Young, a man wearing a wig and a warder; in the background, other inmates (including one who believes himself to be God and has cheap prints of saints pinned to his cell wall, and another who believes he is King and sits naked, save for a crown, urinating on to his straw bed) and two female visitors; the wall and the banister of a staircase to right are covered with various graffiti including calculations of longitude and the name of a well-known prostitute, Betty Careless; after Hogarth; second state. Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: William Hogarth; Published by: Henry Parker; Published by: Robert Sayer; Published by: John Bennett
School/style: British
Production date: 1777-1792
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 171 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 270 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (139) (copy); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (139) (copy); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; psychiatry; hospital/asylum
Associated names: Associated with: John Rich; Associated with: Betty Careless
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Mrs H Watts
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,1209.5690

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