Scornful disgust (left); Scornful laughter (right)

1854-1856, printed 1862

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 16 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
    mount: 40.4 × 27.7 cm (15 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.52.24

Associated Artworks

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Weeping, tears of pity (left); Relaxed face (right)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne), Adrien Tournachon

1854

Surprise

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

1854

The muscle of attention (left); Eyebrow contraction due to bright light (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. 36.; lower center-right of mount in black letterpress: Duchenne (de Boulogne), phot.

Wikidata ID

Q64154666

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