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The image shows a profile portrait of a man from the shoulders up. He is positioned in a side view facing the right side of the image. The man has a medium complexion with distinct lines on his face, and his hair appears dark and combed to the side, hanging over his forehead. He is wearing a loose-fitting garment, open at the front, which reveals his chest and shoulder. An object resembling a probe or rod is extended towards his face, near his nose. The background is dark without any discernible details.
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The image shows a profile portrait of a man from the shoulders up. He is positioned in a side view facing the right side of the image. The man has a medium complexion with distinct lines on his face, and his hair appears dark and combed to the side, hanging over his forehead. He is wearing a loose-fitting garment, open at the front, which reveals his chest and shoulder. An object resembling a probe or rod is extended towards his face, near his nose. The background is dark without any discernible details.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Bad humor, malcontentment

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

Date
1854-1856, printed 1862
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.8 × 16.7 cm (9 × 6 9/16 in.) mount: 43 × 27.4 cm (16 15/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.52.30
Credit line
Edward E. MacCrone 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. 41.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

NGA object ID 169281. 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.