Portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873) and Louis Francois de Pourtales (1824-1880)

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27_013]

Creator: Sonrel, Antoine

Form/Genre: Photographs

Date: 1870

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Image No. SIA_000095_B27_013

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Summary

At table with scientific specimens.

Subject

  • Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873
  • Pourtalès, L. F. de (Louis François de) 1824-1880
  • Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents

Notes

  • SPS Copy No. 79-10441
  • Agassiz was a Swiss-born author, Harvard professor, zoologist, naturalist, b. Switzerland, d. Cambridge, Massachusetts; Smithsonian Regent, Citizen of Massachusetts (1863-1873). He was the leading biologist in the United States in the 1840s and the founding director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He was known for his anti-Darwinism stance. Pourtales, a naturalist, was his pupil.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Image No. SIA_000095_B27_013

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1870
  • Between 1870 and 1873

Restrictions & Rights

  • No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Portraits
  • Scientists
  • Portraits, Group

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27_013]

Physical description

Cartes-de-visite (card photographs); 4.25 x 2.5;

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