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Series Title: Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine

Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir

c. 1856, printed 1862

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne)

(French, 1806–1875)

Adrien Tournachon

(French, 1825–1903)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Measurements
Image: 23.5 x 17.9 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.); Oval opening: 16.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/8 x 4 11/16 in.); Mounted: 41.2 x 27.4 cm (16 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2018.7
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Duchenne, a neurologist at a hospital for the poor in Paris, turned to photography to record the grammar of human expression.

Description

Duchenne embarked on the first scientific, systematic exploration of the physiology of human facial expression and hoped, through photographs of his experiments, to teach artists how to portray those emotions. The experiments were performed by applying electrical stimulation to a single muscle on one side of the face, so that the viewer could clearly see the impact of the muscular contraction.
A photograph focusing on a person making an exaggerated sad facial expression. Two sets of hands from figures standing out of the frame prod the person's face with metal probes to apply electrical stimulation to a single muscle on one side of their face.

Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir

c. 1856, printed 1862

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne), Adrien Tournachon

(French, 1806–1875), (French, 1825–1903)
France, 19th century

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