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The image shows the upper body of a man seated in profile, turned to his right, with his face tilted slightly upward and his mouth open. His facial features include a prominent nose, visible wrinkles on his forehead, and he has medium-length hair that appears slightly unkempt. The man's shirt is partially open, exposing his collarbone area. A hand is applying a device to the top of the man's head. The background is dark.
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The image shows the upper body of a man seated in profile, turned to his right, with his face tilted slightly upward and his mouth open. His facial features include a prominent nose, visible wrinkles on his forehead, and he has medium-length hair that appears slightly unkempt. The man's shirt is partially open, exposing his collarbone area. A hand is applying a device to the top of the man's head. The background is dark.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

Date
1854-1856, printed 1862
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.3 × 15.9 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.) mount: 40.1 × 27.6 cm (15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.52.13
Credit line
W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Fund, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
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. 57.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

NGA object ID 169288. 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.