The blue devils! [graphic]

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Title: The blue devils! [graphic]
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: Feb. 10, 1795.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford Street
Abstract: "An elderly invalid sits in an arm-chair in profile to the left, looking down, with gaping mouth and face distorted with terror. Round him dance in a circle, holding hands, seven grotesque little naked demons, one wearing large jack-boots. On a round table (right) are a medicine-phial and a book: 'Essay on the Power of Imagination'. The parted curtains of the bed form a background. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 9391, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Imagination -- Furniture: armchairs -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Medicinal: medicine bottle -- Invalids -- Jack-boots.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Demons & devils.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 40 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Aquatints England London 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Depression, Mental
Older people
Sick persons
Fantasy
Fear
Demons
Boots
Draperies
Medicines
Bottles
Chairs
Tables
Books
Subjects: Depression, Mental
Older people
Sick persons
Fantasy
Fear
Demons
Boots
Draperies
Medicines
Bottles
Chairs
Tables
Books
England > 1795
England > London > 1795

Access: Public
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