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Print (Engraving) of Bedlam (Bethleham Royal Hospital, London), The Rake's Progress, by Thomas Cook, after William Hogarth, English, 1797

Inventory Number 28582


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.28582

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Frank Manasek in 2001.
Primary inscriptions
See narratives
Physical material
Paper
Physical technique
Engraving
Intaglio
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 413mm Width: 540mm
Inventory No
28582
Accession Number
2001-4/1

Description

Formerly a plate in a book, this print shows the interior of a lunatic asylum, including the portrayal of an individual considering the problem of longitude with the aid of a drawing of a globe with poles marked.