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Fig. 77
Adrien Tournachonnegative about 1856; print 1876
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of Dr. Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne (de Boulogne) holding an electrode up to the nose of a woman to demonstrate the use of electrical current to cause facial muscles to contract. The woman wears a cross around her neck and sits with her arms crossed over her chest, palms open and fingers spread apart. Her eyes are rolled back in her head and the corners of her mouth are turned up in a slight smile.
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Details
- Title: Fig. 77
- Creator: Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adrien Alban Tournachon
- Date Created: negative about 1856; print 1876
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 11.9 × 9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.874.5.2.81
- 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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