Artist
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne(French, 1806–1875)French, 1806–1875
Artist
Adrien Tournachon(French, 1825–1903)French, 1825–1903
CultureFrench
Titles
- Terror
- 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 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (21.9 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (21.9 × 15.9 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (40.3 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (21.9 × 15.9 cm)
Mount: 15 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (40.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2015.61
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceLikely Alphonse Bertillon, Paris, d. 1914; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History“A History of Photography II: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–July 19, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed top center of mount: ÉLECTRO-PHYSIOLOGIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE. / FIG. 61.
printed lower right below image: DUCHENNE (de Boulogne), phot.
printed lower right below image: DUCHENNE (de Boulogne), phot.
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Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.63
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.62
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.55
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.58
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.57
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.56
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.53
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.52
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.54
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.60
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.59
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne
1854–1856, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2015.47