tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6110230297523735922..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A Strait Waistcoat for the Mad, c. 1772Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-71464827226626291772014-07-16T20:01:40.117-04:002014-07-16T20:01:40.117-04:00Friends cared for her for awhile but she spent he...Friends cared for her for awhile but she spent her last years in an asylum. Some of the private asylums did treat the inmates kindly.<br />I think Dorothy Wordsworth ended in one as well. Living with a poet or author was hard on the sisters.<br /> I will look for the image which was in a book I have but I don't know which one.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-70493029267176758452014-07-16T19:05:28.856-04:002014-07-16T19:05:28.856-04:00I went rummaging and didn't find the drawing, ...I went rummaging and didn't find the drawing, but in reading about them I wondered, who took care of Mary after Charles died?<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-78945955932549511292014-07-16T13:49:01.035-04:002014-07-16T13:49:01.035-04:00Yes, I'd love to see the Charles & Mary La...Yes, I'd love to see the Charles & Mary Lamb drawing, too. Please let us know if it's online somewhere out there. :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-60570607384673760692014-07-16T10:16:46.677-04:002014-07-16T10:16:46.677-04:00Is the location of the Lamb image known?Is the location of the Lamb image known?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-53783462894275093212014-07-16T06:58:43.607-04:002014-07-16T06:58:43.607-04:00There is a poignant drawing of Charles Lamb and h...There is a poignant drawing of Charles Lamb and his sister Mary walking hand in hand to the asylum Mary stayed in from time to time. Mary's other hand holds her strait jacket.<br />Mary kept her strait jacket at home and took it with her to the asylum when she felt another fit of madness coming on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com