A gouty man surrounded by his collection of artefacts, telling his doctor how they keep turning blue; suggesting the man's melancholic loneliness. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

London (Strand) : Messrs Ackermann ; London (Fleet Street) : C. Tilt ; London (Cheapside) : Reeves & Sons ; London (PN Row) : Riddle & Co. ; London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean ; London (134 Oxford Street) : T. Bird, Published as the Act directs, November 11th 1835.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 15.6 x 20.5 cm.

The blue devils. ... Lettering continues: "O doctor I am very bad, you see all my beautiful statues, curious figures, and numberless curiosities, now my only comfort - you may believe me they every now and then turn blue - wait awile and you will see - they almost frighten me to death."

Not found in: British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954

Wellcome Collection 11201i