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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Plate 5 From Mechanisme De La Physionomie Humaine
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Plate 5 From Mechanisme De La Physionomie Humaine

Artist Dr. Guillaume Benjamin Duchenne (French, 1806 - 1875)
Artist Adrien Tournachon (Nadar jeune) (French, 1825 - 1903)
CultureFrench
Date1862
MediumVintage albumen print on board
DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (13 × 10.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (27.6 × 18.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 21 1/4 × 17 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (54 × 43.8 × 3.2 cm)
PortfolioMechanisme De La Physionomie Humaine Ou Analyse Electro-Physiologique De L'Expressione Des Passions
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds
Object number93.19.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a vintage albumen print mounted on board; the print is a montage made up of 16 different negatives. This photograph comes from Duchenne's 1862 book MECHANISMS DE LA PHYSIONOMIE HUMAINE OU ANALYSE ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGIQUE DE L'EXPRESSION DES PASSIONS.

Label TextDr. Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne French, 1806–1875 Adrien Tournachon French, 1825–1903 Plate 5 from Mecanisme De La Physionomie Humaine, 1862 Vintage albumen print (photograph) mounted on board Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 93.19.2 Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years of Photography at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.
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