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Collection: Alexander Morison illustrations

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Uncaptioned but titled 'Raving Madness'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A Johnston. The drawing is of one of a pair of sculptures by Caius Gabriel Cibber made for the gate of Bethlem Hospital and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Captioned 'Winstanley mania 19 May 1842'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Captioned 'Winstanley improved'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Charles Gow.

Captioned 'Winstanley 3rd time after discharge'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned [Charles Gow].

Captioned 'William Kidd Bethlem delirium tremens 3 August 1846 - incessant talking'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].

Captioned 'Whitley mania Bethlem'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Captioned 'Webb propensity to thieving 1842 Bethlem'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Chas Gow.

Captioned 'W L insanity combined with epilepsy - very drowsy coming out of a fit of epilepsy a circular pad around his head to prevent injury from suddenly falling Surrey Co Asylum'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 15 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].

'Portrait of W. L., aged 40, in a state of Mania, taken immediately after an epileptic fit;…

Captioned 'W H aged 40 Hanwell theomania'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 42 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].

'This person was a tailor, and has been about twelve years insane — his…

Captioned 'Unnatural propensity'.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

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