A man with his mouth open in terror. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

  • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
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1822
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34109i
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A man with his mouth open in terror. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (45, Essex Street, Strand) : P. Simonau, 1822.

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1 print : lithograph

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Terror. The violence of this passion alters all the parts of the face; the eye-brow rises in the middle, its muscles are marked, swell'd, pressed one against the other, and sunk towards the nose, which draws up as well as the nostrils; the eyes are very open; ... Lettering continues: "the upper eye-lid is hid under the eye-brow; the white of the eye is encompassed with red; the eye-ball fixes towards the lower part of the eye; the lower part of the eye-lid swells and becomes livid; the muscles of the nose & cheeks swell & these last terminate in a point towards the sides of the nostrils, the mouth is very open & its corners very apparent; the muscles & veins of the neck stretch'd; the hair stands on end; the colour of the face, that is the end of the nose, the lips, the ears & round the eyes is pale & livid; to conclude all ought to be strongly marked" Bears number: 17

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Wellcome Collection 34109i

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