Portrait studies of figures in Eastern Costume (1842), by Richard Dadd Promising artist Richard Dadd murdered his father in the summer of 1843. Detained as a "criminal lunatic", he continued to paint ...

After returning to England in May 1843, Dadd suffered increasingly from the belief that he was persecuted by devils. On Aug. 28 of that year, he went for a walk with his father, took out a knife and ...

Richard Dadd painted some dazzling visions abroad but found peace within the walls of Broadmoor. By Michael Prodger The Art of Bedlam: Richard Dadd Watts Gallery, Guildford On 28 August 1843 the ...

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In 1842, Richard Dadd, a popular and gifted artist of 24, set off from London on a Grand Tour of Europe and the Middle East with Sir Thomas Phillips, a former mayor of Newport, who had employed him to ...

As Marcus Dadd makes his way around a mob of cattle, the sounds of the outback ring in his ears. The deep call of the cattle booms through the shrub; 4WD buggy engines rev; helicopter rotors whirr ...

Promising artist Richard Dadd murdered his father in the summer of 1843. Detained as a "criminal lunatic", he continued to paint during his incarceration. He is now remembered as one of the Victorian ...