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Delusions

Images

  • Don Quixote with a lance riding a horse attacks a barber. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • Tillingham : A second Virgin Mary! : from some fragmentary leaves, in the possession of Charles Clark. (Fac-simile reprint) / printed by Charles Clark, (an amateur) at his Private Press.
  • A lunatic in a barred cell imagines himself to be a leading actor in a melodrama. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
  • A man riding a donkey deludes himself into believing that he is on a splendid horse. Coloured etching by G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
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Catalogue

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    A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 30634i
    • Books

    Socio-cultural influences on schizophrenic delusions in the twentieth century / Hideyuki Fujimori.

    Fujimori, Hideyuki.
    • Books

    Perspectives on self-deception / edited by Brian P. McLaughlin and Amélie Oksenberg Rorty.

    | Date: [1988], ©1988
    • Books

    Hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's / Parkinson's UK.

    | Date: 2012
    • Pictures

    Attempting to cure the delusions of Don Quixote, Dorothea pretends to be a princess and asks the Don's help in restoring her to her kingdom. Line engraving after C.A. Coypel.

    Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 3005074i
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