Acclaimed artist Richard Dadd spent 20 years at psychiatric hospital that is now the Bethlem Museum of the Mind
A portrait painted by an acclaimed Victorian artist while he was a long-term psychiatric patient is to return to the hospital where he spent 20 years, which is now a museum.
Richard Dadd was sent to Bethlem Royal hospital in south London, more commonly known as Bedlam, as a “criminal lunatic” after stabbing his father to death in 1843. He was later moved to Broadmoor, where he remained until his death in 1886.
Acclaimed artist Richard Dadd spent 20 years at psychiatric hospital that is now the Bethlem Museum of the MindA portrait painted by an acclaimed Victorian artist while he was a long-term psychiatric patient is to return to the hospital where he spent 20 years, which is now a museum.Richard Dadd was sent to Bethlem Royal hospital in south London, more commonly known as Bedlam, as a “criminal lunatic” after stabbing his father to death in 1843. He was later moved to Broadmoor, where he remained until his death in 1886. Continue reading…
