A portrait, seen in profile, of a man 42 years old, stupefied by the abuse of alcohol; his nose is aquiline
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1854-1856, printed 1862
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 22.5 × 16.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.) mount: 42 × 27.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Edward E. MacCrone Fund
Accession Number
2015.52.29
About the Artist
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875) was a French neurologist whose pioneering use of photography to document human facial expression placed him at the unique intersection of medical science and visual art. Though primarily a physician rather than an artist in the conventional sense, his photographic work — produced in the 1850s and 1860s — has been recognized as a significant...