Sanity Collection

Mignon, Lothario and Wilhelm (chromolitho)
735599 Mignon, Lothario and Wilhelm (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mignon, Lothario and Wilhelm)

A Prison Pet (engraving)
2796536 A Prison Pet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Prison Pet. Illustration for Chatterbox, 1891. Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrow
Visitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)

Padded room, Saint Ebbas Hospital, Surrey, 1938. Before 1935 the institution was known as Ewell Mental Hospital

Malle Bobbe, the Witch of Haarlem (oil on canvas)
XIR902421 Malle Bobbe, the Witch of Haarlem (oil on canvas) by Hals, Frans (1582/83-1666) (after); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France; (add.info.: Hille Bobbe, la sorciAeAšre de Haarlem); Dutch

The Pharmacists Workshop (oil on canvas)
XJL158853 The Pharmacists Workshop (oil on canvas) by French School, (17th century); Musee Rolin, Autun, France; French, out of copyright

Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil May
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900

Mental breakdown, conceptual artwork. Human head with read and white scrawled lines representing a mental or nervous breakdown

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Amidst the whimsical world of art, let's delve into the intriguing theme of sanity. Mignon, Lothario, and Wilhelm, portrayed in chromolithos, ponder the elusive concept of a balanced mind. A prison pet's engraving hints at the irony of confinement for those deemed insane. Lunatic asylums once offered humorous glimpses, as seen in an upside-down wheelbarrow at Saint Ebbas Hospital, Surrey, 1938. The padded rooms of the same hospital, now a relic of the past, once held those in need of care. Malle Bobbe, the Witch of Haarlem, depicted in an oil on canvas, challenges our perceptions of madness. The Pharmacist's Workshop, also in oil, invites us to question the role of medication in maintaining sanity. Phil May's comic caricature in a lunatic asylum adds a satirical twist. Lastly, a conceptual artwork representing a mental breakdown invites us to reflect on the complexities of the human mind and the subjective nature of sanity.