THE COMMISSION OF LUNACY II  2023

This is the second version of 'The Commission of Lunacy'. One of my ancestors, called Ann Sercombe, appeared before an Inquisition of the Commission of Lunacy in 1849. In this painting the front page of the document appears suspended from a coat hanger (the original document is held at the UK National Archives). The painting shows an imagined Ann, with figments of h...