Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
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Artist Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne(French, 1806–1875)French, 1806–1875

Artist Adrien Tournachon(French, 1825–1903)French, 1825–1903

CultureFrench

Titles

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from Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions applicable à la pratique des arts plastiques (Mechanism of Human Physiognomy or Electro-Physiological Analysis of the Expression of Passions Applicable to the Practice of the Visuals Arts.)

Date1854–1856, printed 1862

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (40.3 × 27.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors

Object number2015.37

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceLikely Alphonse Bertillon, Paris, d. 1914; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

printed top center of sheet: ÉLECTRO-PHYSIOLOGIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE / FIG.11

printed lower right below image: DUCHENNE( de Boulogne), phot.

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