# Figure 54: Abaissement volontaire de la mâchoire inférieure: mouvement inexpressif

- By: Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (French, 1806–1875)
- By: Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825–1903)
- Date: c. 1856, printed 1862
- Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 16.4 x 12.2 cm (6 7/16 x 4 13/16 in.); Paper: 22.7 x 17.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Mounted: 41.1 x 27.4 cm (16 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.11)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.11/2018.11_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Duchenne described this model, a former shoemaker, as “an old, toothless man, with a thin face, whose features, without being absolutely ugly, approached ordinary triviality.” When criticized for using such an unattractive model, Duchenne held him up as proof that “every human face could become spiritually beautiful through the accurate rendering of his or her emotions.”