Charles Meryon in his madness, the night before his removal to the asylum of Charenton. Heliogravure after L. Flameng, 1858.

  • Flameng, Léopold, 1831-1911.
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1858
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38684i
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Charles Meryon in his madness, the night before his removal to the asylum of Charenton. Heliogravure after L. Flameng, 1858. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Meryon is shown sitting up on a bed, tousle-haired, wearing a smock and casting a bold shadow on the wall behind him

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[Paris], 1858.

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1 print : heliogravure ; platemark 22.5 x 27.3 cm

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Charles Meryon. 1858. 11 Mai 1858. Lep. Flameng Bears monogram: CM surmounting a circle, apparently Meryon's own, placed above his name

References note

John M. MacGregor, The discovery of the art of the insane, Princeton 1989, pp. 84-86, repr. p. 84

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Wellcome Collection 38684i

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