A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.

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On a table next to the man is a book entitled: "Essay on the power of the imagination"

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

The blue devils!

The London version is described in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VII, London 1942, no. 8745

Wellcome Collection 11867i

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