Etching of a deathbed scene: a pale man on a bed surrounded by bending figures in long coats, with a stool and a dim hatched interior.

The Truth in the Case of Mr. Waldemar

An etching of a dim interior where a pale man lies on a bed while several men in long coats gather around him, one bending close beside a small wooden stool. Fine hatched lines model the walls, drapery and shadowy room, with a figure partly visible at the right edge.

Artist: Alphonse Legros
Date: 1861
Medium: Etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1233 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1861).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Marjorie B. Kovler Print Fund

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