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Charcoal-style drawing of a bearded man in an iron bed, looking aside, with a large dark shadow of a seated figure on the wall at left.

Charles Meryon in his madness, before removal to Charenton

A bearded man lies propped in an iron bed under a rumpled white sheet and checked blanket, gazing off to the side while a large dark shadow of a seated figure looms across the wall at left. Rendered in heavy crayon strokes on a textured ground, this 1858 heliogravure after Léopold Flameng is titled Charles Meryon in his madness.

Artist
Léopold Flameng
Date
1858
Medium
Portrait prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2991 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1858.
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

Night and Dreams19th century1850s1858charcoal drawingportrait printshadowdark moodcharles meryonmental illnessmonochrome

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