THE COMMISSION OF LUNACY
OIL ON CANVAS
private collection
dimensions:
20" x 30"
51cm x 76cm
"One of my ancestors, called Ann Sercombe, appeared before an Inquisition of the Commission of Lunacy in 1849. In this painting the front page of the document is displayed framed (I visited the UK National Archives to see the orginal). This is my own flight of fancy depicting an imagined Ann, with figments of her 'unsound mind' made real as Hieronymus Bosch-like monsters in the foreground."
THE COMMISSION OF LUNACY
OIL ON CANVAS
private collection
dimensions:
20" x 30"
51cm x 76cm
"One of my ancestors, called Ann Sercombe, appeared before an Inquisition of the Commission of Lunacy in 1849. In this painting the front page of the document is displayed framed (I visited the UK National Archives to see the orginal). This is my own flight of fancy depicting an imagined Ann, with figments of her 'unsound mind' made real as Hieronymus Bosch-like monsters in the foreground."