The Barber of Suez - Léon Bonnat (1876)
Love the composition of this piece, specifically the mimicry of shapes and angles between the two figures.
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British Library, Royal 15 D V f. 36 (‘Detail of a miniature of Death chopping down a tree’). Jehan Froissart. Chroniques. Netherlands, last quarter of the 15th century.
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Mercury poisoning deformity. After being treated with the mercury based calomel, for pneumonia, he developed an ulcer that would soon envelope his upper palate and cheek. Photo circa 1866.