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The image depicts the upper body of a man. The man has a prominent brow, deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and a thin mustache, with lips positioned slightly asymmetrically. His hair is wispy, slightly long, and receding on top. He is wearing a loose, open white shirt that partially reveals his chest. Another man with a bald head and a beard is partially visible on the left side, slightly turned towards the main subject. The background is plain and blurred.
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The image depicts the upper body of a man. The man has a prominent brow, deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and a thin mustache, with lips positioned slightly asymmetrically. His hair is wispy, slightly long, and receding on top. He is wearing a loose, open white shirt that partially reveals his chest. Another man with a bald head and a beard is partially visible on the left side, slightly turned towards the main subject. The background is plain and blurred.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A relaxed expression (left); Disgust (right)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

Date
1854-1856, printed 1862
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.6 × 16.7 cm (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.) mount: 42 × 27.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.52.26
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial 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. 43.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

NGA object ID 169283. 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.