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Engraving of a bearded, muscular man sitting hunched in chains, face contorted in anguish, with a wall ring behind him.

Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression / By Charles Bell.

A muscular bearded man sits hunched with his head bowed and face contorted in anguish, his wrists and ankles shackled by chains fixed to a wall ring behind him. The fine stipple and hatching of this line engraving model the musculature of his bare torso and legs against a shaded background.

Artist
Charles Bell
Date
1824
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3227 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
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: Hombre sentado encadenado, de Ensayos sobre la expresión de Bell

Un hombre musculoso y barbudo está sentado encorvado, con la cabeza inclinada y el rostro contraído por la angustia, con las muñecas y los tobillos sujetos por cadenas fijadas a un anillo en la pared detrás de él. El fino punteado y el rayado de este grabado al buril modelan la musculatura de su torso y piernas desnudos sobre un fondo sombreado.

Português: Homem sentado acorrentado, de Ensaios sobre a expressão de Bell

Um homem musculoso e barbudo está sentado encurvado, com a cabeça baixa e o rosto contorcido de angústia, com os pulsos e tornozelos presos por correntes fixadas a um anel na parede atrás dele. A fina pontilhação e os hachuras desta gravura em linha modelam a musculatura do torso e das pernas nus contra um fundo sombreado.

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