Plate 14: Designed to show a comparison between the maximal contraction of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi and m. corrugator supercilii, in the same individual. On the left, very strong electrization of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi: dissatisfaction, somber thoughts. On the right, electrization of m. corrugator supercilii.

Provenance

Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.

Plate 14: Designed to show a comparison between the maximal contraction of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi and m. corrugator supercilii, in the same individual. On the left, very strong electrization of the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi: dissatisfaction, somber thoughts. On the right, electrization of m. corrugator supercilii.

Duchenne (de Boulogne), Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant

1854-1856, printed 1862

Accession Number

2015.52.19

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 22.1 × 15.9 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.) | mount: 40.4 × 27.7 cm (15 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund