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Fig. 84
Adrien Tournachonnegative about 1856; print 1876
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View a woman with an electrode held to her cheek to demonstrate the use of electrical current to cause facial muscles to contract and produce a mild expression. The woman wears a dark dress with a long veil draped down her back and a rosary looped around her neck. She holds both hands up in a gesture of benediction.
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Details
- Title: Fig. 84
- Creator: Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adrien Alban Tournachon
- Date Created: negative about 1856; print 1876
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 11.9 × 9.1 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.874.5.2.87
- 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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