Psychiatry in pictures: Mania of Vanity

This short article illustrates a pen and ink drawing of a fellow patient suffering from 'mania of vanity' by William Bartholomew,(1819-1881), a patient at Crichton Royal Institution in 1850s to 1870. The drawing was commissioned by Dr W A F Browne for his series on lectures on different types of mental disease. It is one of more than 60 works of art included in the exhibition 'A Hidden Gem' at Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, 18 July-22 August 2015.