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<a href="http://mikejay.net/" target="_blank">Mike Jay</a>, SAJ regular and author of our forthcoming book <em>The Influencing Machine </em>discusses the artist Richard Dadd and mental illness in the 19th century at Tate Britain:

<strong>Thursday 1 December 2011, 18.30–20.00</strong>

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<em>One of the most brilliant young artists of the Victorian age, Richard Dadd is a unique but little recognised figure in the history of art. In this evening discussion, <strong>Nicholas Tromans</strong>, author of <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/shop/do/Richard-Dadd-Artist-Asylum/product/45204">Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum</a>, talks to author and cultural historian <strong>Mike Jay</strong> about the artist’s legacy, and uses his life as a case history to investigate the relationship between art and the treatment of mental illness in the nineteenth century. Draws on archival material only recently released.</em>
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Tate Britain  Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions)
Order tickets <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/talks/24959.htm" target="_blank">here</a>

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