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Figure 16: Expression of severity

1854–56, printed 1862
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Figure 16: Expression of severity
  • Artist: Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne (French, 1806–1875)
  • Artist: Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825–1903)
  • Date: 1854–56, printed 1862
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image (Oval): 28.5 × 20.4 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
    Sheet: 29.9 × 21.9 cm (11 3/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
    Mount: 40.2 × 28.4 cm (15 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Buddy Taub Foundation Gift, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors; Harris Brisbane Dick and William E. Dodge Funds; and W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.173.9
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions applicable à la pratique des arts plastiques
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1854–56, printed 1862
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Figure 10: Showing the expressive lines of m. frontalis in a young girl

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne
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1854–56, printed 1862
Figure 27: Expression proportionally more pained, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Figure 27: Expression proportionally more pained
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne
Adrien Tournachon
1854–56, printed 1862
Figure 18: Aggression, wickedness, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Figure 18: Aggression, wickedness
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Adrien Tournachon
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Figure 60: Fright, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Figure 60: Fright
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne
Adrien Tournachon
1854–56, printed 1862

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