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Hand-coloured 1835 caricature of a man and a woman seated at a round table in a room filled with statues and framed figure prints.

The Blue Devils: caricature of a gouty man and his doctor, 1835

A hand-coloured caricature shows a seated elderly man in a brown coat gesturing toward a woman in a purple robe and green headscarf, both at a round table in a room with statues and figure prints on blue walls. Caption text below reads "The Blue Devils" with dialogue.

Artist
Unknown
Date
Published as the Act directs, November 11th 1835
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3648 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1835.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Anatomy and Medicine19th century1830s1835caricaturelithographhand-colored printinteriorsatirical printmelancholystatuegoutdoctor and patient

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