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'Pruning a genius': marginalia by Richard Dadd.

Nicholas Tromans¹

¹Unaffiliated.

History of Psychiatry

|December 15, 2020

Summary

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This article transcribes rare marginalia by British artist Richard Dadd, offering insights into his life and art during his 20-year stay at Bethlem Hospital. These writings illuminate his career and hospital relationships.

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Art History
Medical History
Psychiatry

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British artist Richard Dadd (1817-86) experienced mental illness in his youth.

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Art Bethlem Hospital Romanticism asylums marginalia patients’ writings slavery

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Dadd spent approximately 20 years as a patient at Bethlem Hospital in London.

Surviving writings from this period are rare, primarily consisting of marginalia.