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Engraving of a man's head tilted back, curly hair, furrowed brow and wide-open grimacing mouth, rendered in fine hatched line on a pale background.

Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / By Charles Bell.

An engraved study of a man's head shown in three-quarter view, tilted sharply, with curly hair and a furrowed brow, narrowed eyes and a mouth stretched open in a strained grimace. Fine hatched and stippled line shading models the skin and folds of the face against a plain pale ground, in the manner of an anatomical plate.

Artist
Charles Bell
Date
1806
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3605 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1806.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Estudio grabado de una cabeza de hombre con gesto de mueca, de Charles Bell

Un estudio grabado de la cabeza de un hombre visto de tres cuartos, inclinada bruscamente, con cabello rizado, frente arrugada, ojos entrecerrados y boca abierta en una mueca tensa. Un sombreado fino de trazos cruzados y punteados modela la piel y los pliegues del rostro sobre un fondo claro y liso, al estilo de una lámina anatómica.

Português: Estudo gravado de uma cabeça de homem em careta, de Charles Bell

Um estudo gravado da cabeça de um homem visto de três quartos, inclinada bruscamente, com cabelos cacheados, testa franzida, olhos semicerrados e boca aberta em uma careta tensa. Um sombreado fino de hachuras e pontilhados modela a pele e as dobras do rosto sobre um fundo claro e liso, no estilo de uma prancha anatômica.

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