Man with Open Mouth
about 1852
- Medium
- Hand-colored daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- 9.4 × 7.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-633120
Is this man's open-mouthed expression one of agony or ecstasy, his cry one of pain or joy or rage? Probably none of the above; most likely, this image was made as a scientific record of a man with deformed teeth and diseased gums, thus making it an example of an early photograph created as a medical document.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1852 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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