| Description Of Item | Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 42 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].
'This person was a tailor, and has been about twelve years insane — his insanity, which was preceded by a long course of intemperance, commenced by conceiving himself entitled to property which did not belong to him; this was followed by the idea of his being our Saviour Jesus Christ, which still continues; in other respects, he is rational and conducts himself with propriety. He is a very useful assistant in the establishment in which he is confined.' |