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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne (French, 1806–1875)
Adrien Tournachon (known as Nadar jeune) (French, 1825–1903)
Adrien Tournachon (known as Nadar jeune) (French, 1825–1903)
1854–1856, printed 1862
Medium/Technique
Photograph, albumen print
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.9 × 15.2 cm (9 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Elisa Fredrickson
Accession Number2018.478
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionPlate from Mécanisme de la Physiognamie Humaine ou Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions applicable à la practique des arts plastiques (Mechanism of Human Physiognomy or Electro-Physiological Analysis of the Expression of Passions Applicable to the Practice of the Visual Arts)
ProvenanceSaid to have been in the private collection of a physician, France [see note]; sold by this physician’s family to Librairie Métamorphoses, Paris; September, 2017, sold by Librairie Métamorphoses to Serge Kakou (dealer), Paris, and Robert Hershkowitz (dealer), Sussex, England; 2018, sold by Robert Hershkowitz and Serge Kakou to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2018)
NOTE: According to the dealer Serge Kakou at the time of purchase, the physician had the photograph for decades.
NOTE: According to the dealer Serge Kakou at the time of purchase, the physician had the photograph for decades.