The blue devils. A poor depressed man.
Item
Subject
An etching by T.L. Busby ca. 1826 of the phenomenon of the blue devils, depicting a man preparing to hang himself.
Description
The blue devils was a term given to melancholy and sadness. It refers to "intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal," and as time went on, it came to mean a state of agitation or depression.
Creator
T.L. Busby
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Publisher
Wikimedia Commons, 18 October 2014, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_blue_devils._A_poor_depressed_man_Wellcome_L0064377.jpg
Date
1826
Contributor
Audre Pile
Rights
This item, attributed to Wellcome Images, is protected by the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Citation
T.L. Busby, “The blue devils. A poor depressed man.,” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/29.