Richard Dadd
Dancing Jester with Imps
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Dadd (1819 - 1887) English
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title:Dancing Jester with Imps
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date created:About 1842
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materials:Pencil and pen on paper
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measurements:17.70 x 12.80 cm
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credit line:Presented through Art Fund 1953, from the Collection of Sir Edward Marsh
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accession number:D 4696
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Richard Dadd
Richard Dadd
Born in Kent, Richard Dadd went on to study at the Royal Academy Schools, London. During a ten-month long trip around Europe and the Middle East with Welsh lawyer, Thomas Phillips, his mental health began to deteriorate. In 1843, suffering from a form of schizophrenia, he killed his father,...