Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
Discontent, bad humor; relaxed face

ArtistFrench, 1806–1875
ArtistFrench, 1825–1903
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Discontent, bad humor; relaxed face
  • 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: 8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22.5 × 16.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22.5 × 16.7 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (40.3 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2015.55
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLikely Alphonse Bertillon, Paris, d. 1914; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right edge of mount in pencil: [illegible]
printed top center of mount: ÉLECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIQUE. / FIG. 51

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

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The face of an old man who served in numerous electrophyisiological experiments, photographed in repose.
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.32.A
The face in repose of a young man who appears later photographs showing facial expressions produces both naturally and electrophysiologically.
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.33
The face in repose of a young man who appears later photographs showing facial expressions produces both naturally and electrophysiologically.
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.32.B
Voluntary lowering of the jaw with the skin of the lower part of the face; inexpressive movement.
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.57
Affected weeping; face in repose
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.54
Painful recollection
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.42
Profound suffering, with resignation
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.41
Suffering
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.40
Meditation, mental concentration
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.38
Meditation, mental concentration
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.39
Attention
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.36
Attention
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.37