This book explores the life and artwork of Richard Dadd, a Victorian artist whose mental health issues ultimately led him to kill his father. The book uses letters he wrote home during a trip to Egypt, revealing his struggles with 'nervous depression' and how it eventually turned into psychosis. The author also touches on Richard's eventual confinement in an asylum and how he used his artistic talent to create extraordinary works.
There's a book called The Symbolism of Richard Dadd by Peter Ogwen Jones.
— Episode: 430 - Here's Your Reward
Episode: 430 - Here's Your Reward
This book explores the life and artwork of Richard Dadd, a Victorian artist whose mental health issues ultimately led him to kill his father. The book uses letters he wrote home during a trip to Egypt, revealing his struggles with 'nervous depression' and how it eventually turned into psychosis. The author also touches on Richard's eventual confinement in an asylum and how he used his artistic talent to create extraordinary works.
There's a book called The Symbolism of Richard Dadd by Peter Ogwen Jones.
These letters that he writes home also suggest that Richard is struggling with his mental health.
nervous depression
miserable days
the excitement of these scenes has been enough to turn the brain and often I've lain down at night with my imagination so full of wild vagaries that I have really and truly doubted my own sanity.