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  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    [ca, 1840?]
    Reference
    20044i
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  • A pastoral letter against fanaticism, Address'd to the Mennonists of Friesland, By Mr. John Stinstra, One of their Ministers at Harlingen. Translated from the Original Dutch. (which may serve as an excellent Antidote against the Principles of Enthusiasts and Fanaticks in general, and the Herrnbuters or Moravians in particular) by Henry Rimius. To which is added, A Preface shewing the Occasion of that Letter.

    • Stinstra, Johannes, 1708-1790.
    Date
    MDCCLIII. [1753]
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  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]
    Reference
    20040i
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  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    25 June 1735
    Reference
    20042i
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  • Members of the Jansenist sect having convulsions and spasms as a result of religious fanaticism. Engraving by B. Picart.

    Reference
    18628i
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  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    [22 December 1726]
    Reference
    17342i
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  • Some kinds of superstition worse than atheism. Two sermons preached before the University of Cambridge. To which is prefixed, an account of the author's usage by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and the Reasons which induced him to print them. By W. Weston, M. A. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

    • Weston, William.
    Date
    MDCCXXXIX. [1739]
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  • Knipperdolling, exhibited in Lavater's work on physiognomy as a 'famous and sanguinary fanatic'. Drawing, c. 1789.

    • Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
    Date
    c. 1789
    Reference
    28700i
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  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    1735
    Reference
    20045i
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  • Cruelty in religion, no service of God. Composed with regard to the fifth of November, the cruelties at Thorn, and other places. By Benjamin Grosvenor.

    • Grosvenor, B. (Benjamin), 1676-1758.
    Date
    1725
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