Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Settling the disputed | Point."; in brown ink, lower left: "A Sketch | by Richard Dadd | Bethlem Hospital | London June 13 1854"
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Imperial War Museum, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
Richard Dadd was committed to Bethlem Royal Hospital (also known as 'Bedlam') after murdering his father. The hospital moved from Moorfields to the site now occupied by the Imperial War Museum in 1815. It was later relocated again to Monks Orchard in West Wickham.
