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The image shows a man seated facing the camera. An apparatus holds his mouth open. His facial features include a pronounced brow, deep lines across his forehead, and a visible frown emphasized by the device. His hair is thinning and combed back, revealing more of his scalp. He wears a loosely fitted shirt with an open collar. Two other individuals are partially visible, wearing suits suggestive of a formal setting. One on either side of the man holds the device in place. The background is plain and slightly blurred with no noticeable details or objects.

Pain and despair

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne) (French, 1806 - 1875)

1854-1856, printed 1862 · albumen silver print

National Gallery of Art · W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Fund, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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