Plate 14: Designed to show a comparison between the maximal contraction of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi and m. corrugator supercilii, in the same individual. On the left, very strong electrization of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi: dissatisfaction, somber thoughts. On the right, electrization of m. corrugator supercilii.
1854-1856, printed 1862
Artist, French, 1806 - 1875
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 22.1 × 15.9 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
mount: 40.4 × 27.7 cm (15 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.52.19
Associated Artworks
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Mécanisme de la Physionomie (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1862
Weeping, tears of pity (left); Relaxed face (right)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne), Adrien Tournachon
1854
Scornful disgust (left); Scornful laughter (right)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1854
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper center of mount in black letterpress: Électro-Physiologie Photographique. / Fig. 14.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.
Wikidata ID
Q64154653