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An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

Two faces showing joy and laughter. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.

A doctor and his patient laugh during a consultation; behind, a nun stands by the door. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A woman laughing. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

Two outlines of faces showing astonishment and fear (left) and laughter (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

A man dancing and laughing as a result of the effects of nitrous oxide gas. Engraving.

La cause morale du ris de l'excellant & tres-nommé Democrite / expliquee & temognee par le divin Hippocras, an ses Epitres. Traduite de Grec an Fransais, par M. I. Guichard.

The physiology of laughter.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

The philosophy of laughter and smiling / by George Vasey.

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La cause morale du ris de l'excellant & tres-nommé Democrite / expliquee & temognee par le divin Hippocras, an ses Epitres. Traduite de Grec an Fransais, par M. I. Guichard.

A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The physiology of laughter.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

The philosophy of laughter and smiling / by George Vasey.