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  • A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795, after himself.
  • A man breathing in nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and a man exhibiting its exhilarating effects. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
  • Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut
  • Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut
  • Hercules, seated on a column, in a state of depression. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1781.