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Laughter

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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.
  • 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.
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Catalogue

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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.

    Hippocrates. | Date: 1579
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    A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690. | Date: 1732 | Reference: 32637i
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    The physiology of laughter.

    Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903. | Date: 1860
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    Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

    Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689. | Date: 1679 | Reference: 24892i
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    The philosophy of laughter and smiling / by George Vasey.

    Vasey, George. | Date: 1877
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