Figure 71: Same head as in Plate 70
1854–56, printed 1862
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image (Oval): 28.3 × 20.4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 29.7 × 22.7 cm (11 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.) Mount: 40.2 × 28.2 cm (15 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Buddy Taub Foundation Gift, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors; Harris Brisbane Dick and William E. Dodge Funds; and W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.173.40
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-19th century, neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne the use of photography to document human facial expressions, collaborating with photographer Adrien Tournachon ( of Félix Nadar). *Figure 71: Same as in Plate 70 created from 1854–56 and printed in 1862 is part of this groundbreaking series from Duchenne's *Mécan de la physionomie*. The oval image captures a male head—evoking classical sculpture—with precise anatomical detail, reflecting the era's fusion of science, medicine, and emerging photographic art. This albumen silver print from a glass negative exempli...
About the Artist
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne|Adrien Tournachon (French|French) · 1806 |1825 –1875 |1903
French, 1806–1875|French, 1825–1903