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The image shows a person's upper body, focusing on their head and shoulders. The individual is seated upright, with their face aimed directly at the camera. They have a noticeable bald head, with wrinkles crossing their forehead. Their facial expression appears neutral, and they have drooping eyelids. Their clothing consists of a light-colored, loose-fitting garment. There is another figure partially visible to the left side of the frame, who seems to be wearing dark clothing. This person is obscured and only partially visible. The background is plain and dark.
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The image shows a person's upper body, focusing on their head and shoulders. The individual is seated upright, with their face aimed directly at the camera. They have a noticeable bald head, with wrinkles crossing their forehead. Their facial expression appears neutral, and they have drooping eyelids. Their clothing consists of a light-colored, loose-fitting garment. There is another figure partially visible to the left side of the frame, who seems to be wearing dark clothing. This person is obscured and only partially visible. The background is plain and dark.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Attention

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

Date
1854-1856, printed 1862
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 22 × 15.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.) mount: 40.2 × 27.5 cm (15 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.52.16
Credit line
Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Portfolio
Mécanisme de la Physionomie (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • portrait
  • albumen silver print
  • Facial expression
  • Science
  • Electrical
Provenance

Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.

Inscription

upper center of mount in black letterpress: Électro-Physiologie Photographique. / Fig. 8.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

NGA object ID 169262. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.