File:Ye Pilgrimage to Bedlam. 1864 (BM 1868,0808.13091).jpg
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[edit]Ye Pilgrimage to Bedlam. 1864
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Published by: Bemrose & Sons
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Ye Pilgrimage to Bedlam. 1864 |
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English: A satire on the Wigwell Grange Murder case: a mock-medieval procession of the officers of the town leaving the gates of the city heading for Bedlam; at the right Justice blindfolded wrings her hands. 1864
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| Date | 1864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.13091 |
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One of two impressions (see 1937,1018.4), the other being coloured. Produced in response to the notorious Wigwell Grange Murder in 1863. George Victor Townley (q.v.) pleaded insanity but was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of his fiancée on December 12, 1863. He was later certified insane by three local MPs (William Thomas Cox, Thomas Forman, and Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe) and two medical pracitioners (Henry Goode and Thomas Harwood). As a result, his sentence was "respited" and later commuted to life imprisionment, although he committed suicide in 1865. The "Pilgramage to Bedlam", similar in form to William Blake's "Canterbury Pilgrims" (see 1856,0209.326), portrays various figures involved in Townley's trial and medical examinations. For characters portrayed see record for 1937,1018.4. A file of notes on this print and its maker, supplied by David Purdy (July 2017), is kept in the curator's office. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-13091 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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