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Engraving of a laughing man with curly hair, narrowed eyes and wide open mouth, under the heading 'Of Laughter and Weeping'.

Laughing man's head, engraving from Charles Bell's Essays on Expression

An engraved page showing a laughing man's head with tousled curly hair, narrowed eyes, deep cheek wrinkles and an open mouth displaying teeth. Above it, the small-capital heading 'II. Of Laughter and Weeping' appears, with a faint ghostly outline of another head at upper left.

Artist
Charles Bell
Date
1806
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3743 × 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

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