A portrait, seen in profile, of a man 42 years old, stupefied by the abuse of alcohol; his nose is aquiline

Provenance

Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.

A portrait, seen in profile, of a man 42 years old, stupefied by the abuse of alcohol; his nose is aquiline

Duchenne (de Boulogne), Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant

1854-1856, printed 1862

Accession Number

2015.52.29

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 22.5 × 16.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.) | mount: 42 × 27.9 cm (16 9/16 × 11 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Edward E. MacCrone Fund