The Nadars, a photographic legend

The Nadars

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Muscles of joy and loving kindness

Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne (de Boulogne), 1862

The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy, or the Electro-Physiological Analysis of the Expression of Passions pub'd. by Vve. J. Renouard (Paris), figure 33
With an atlas composed of 74 electro-physiological photographs taken for the most part between 1852 and 1856 by Dr. Duchenne de Boulogne, with the assistance of Adrien Tournachon, a.k.a. "Nadar Jne" ("Nadar the Younger"). Albumen paper prints
BnF, rare book STORAGE, 4-TB52-20
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