Illustration of a man suffering from the "blue devils."

This illustration depicts a man experiencing the "blue devils," a term commonly used to signify depression or melancholy. This man's blue devils are personified, tormenting him with imagery of death and suicide.

George Cruikshank

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons, 28 October 2014, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_ill_man_next_to_his_empty_hearth_tormented_by_the_miserie_Wellcome_V0011143.jpg#filelinks

1835

Paige York

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3096 x 2520