Among the Dead

A short biography of painter and murderer Richard Dadd. It begins in 1853 with the visit of fellow painter William Powell Frith to Dadd's cell in Bethlem Hospital (aka Bedlam), and tracks ba... Read allA short biography of painter and murderer Richard Dadd. It begins in 1853 with the visit of fellow painter William Powell Frith to Dadd's cell in Bethlem Hospital (aka Bedlam), and tracks back to show Dadd's delusional state leading up to the killing of his father.A short biography of painter and murderer Richard Dadd. It begins in 1853 with the visit of fellow painter William Powell Frith to Dadd's cell in Bethlem Hospital (aka Bedlam), and tracks back to show Dadd's delusional state leading up to the killing of his father.