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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne — Figure 7: Étude du méchanisme et de l'expression du muscle frontal chez un vieillard: à droit, attention; à gauche, repos

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne

Figure 7: Étude du méchanisme et de l'expression du muscle frontal chez un vieillard: à droit, attention; à gauche, repos

1856

One of the earliest scientific uses of photography, this image shows Duchenne's methodical investigation of how the frontalis muscle creates expressions of attention in elderly subjects.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative

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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne, Figure 7: Étude du méchanisme et de l'expression du muscle frontal chez un vieillard: à droit, attention; à gauche, repos, 1856

One of the earliest scientific uses of photography, this image shows Duchenne's methodical investigation of how the frontalis muscle creates expressions of attention in elderly subjects.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Year
1856
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Anatomical, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, Scientific Photography, Portrait, Figurative, Medical Study

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