Piracy of plate viii of hogarth's rake's progress with considerable differences: a scene in bedlam with tom half-naked, raving and with chained wrists, his shoulders held up by a clergyman, one warder holding down his leg whilst another attaches a manacle; sarah young fainting away to right, attended by a woman and a horrified man applying smelling salts; in the background and to left, other inmates; later impression. 1735
etching. Date: 1735. Dimensions: Height: 270 mm (cropped); Width: 329 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. He Is Chained Raving Mad in Bedlam (BM 1878,0914.9)
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