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

London (Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place) : S. & J. Fuller, 1 August 1815.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 32.8 x 23.9 cm

Tranquility. H. Singleton del. C. Knight sculp.

The Wellcome Library holds five prints in this series (see frame nos. 9676-9680). 'Laughter' appears twice, once in its first imprint, then its 1815 imprint, with the names of George and George Townley Stubbs removed. The series ran to 24 prints, all published in 1800, but with H. Singleton and W.F. Wells as inventors for the prints succeeding the first set of four. Their 1815 republication named C. Knight as engraver and Singleton as designer for the whole set; Knight, however, was the printer

Annabel Ledgard, Mr. Stubbs' views of the passions, The print collector's newsletter, vol. XVI, no. 1, March-April 1985

Wellcome Collection 34455i

Exhibited in 'Medicine Man', Wellcome Collection, 9 March 2020 - 7 November 2021