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Fig. 30 (Recto)

Adrien Tournachon, Duchenne de Boulogne

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View of Dr. Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne (de Boulogne) holding an electrode against the cheek of a patient to demonstrate the use of electrical current to cause facial muscles to contract and produce a half smile.

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  • Title: Fig. 30 (Recto)
  • Creator: Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adrien Alban Tournachon
  • Date Created: negative about 1856; print 1862
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Physical Dimensions: 22.4 × 17.1 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from a collodion-on-glass negative
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2019.6.2
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne (French, 1806 - 1875) and Adrien Alban Tournachon (French, 1825 - 1903)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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