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Lithograph of a dark-haired woman in a pale dress, gazing upward with clasped hands, against a shaded background. The word MELANCHOLIA appears at lower left.

A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.

A lithograph of a woman with dark hair pulled back, posed and turned to look upward and aside, hands clasped at her waist. Soft charcoal-like shading on a pale dress contrasts with a dark background, and the word MELANCHOLIA is printed in small capitals at lower left.

Artist
Alexander Morison
Date
[1892]
Medium
Portrait prints Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2833 × 4000 px
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Español: Mujer con diagnóstico de melancolía, litografía, 1892

Litografía de una mujer de cabello oscuro recogido, en pose y con el rostro girado hacia arriba y hacia un lado, con las manos entrelazadas a la altura de la cintura. El sombreado suave, semejante al carbón, realza un vestido claro sobre un fondo oscuro, y en la esquina inferior izquierda aparece la palabra MELANCHOLIA en letras mayúsculas.

Português: Mulher com diagnóstico de melancolia, litografia, 1892

Litografia de uma mulher de cabelo escuro preso, em pose, com o rosto voltado para cima e para o lado, as mãos entrelaçadas na altura da cintura. O sombreado suave, semelhante ao carvão, destaca um vestido claro contra um fundo escuro, e no canto inferior esquerdo aparece a palavra MELANCHOLIA em letras maiúsculas.