Bust of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)

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Summary

Bust by Preston Powers, Florence, Italy. Photographed by Longworth Powers.

Subject

  • Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873
  • Powers, Preston 1842 or 1843-1904
  • Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents

Notes

  • 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.
  • Printed on recto: Cabinet Portrait / L. Powers, Photographe / 9. Via Dante da Castiglione, Florence

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27, Image No. SIA_000095_B27_021

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1875
  • Circa 1875

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 Known Copyright

Topic

  • Busts
  • Scientists

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27_021]

Physical description

Cabinet photographs; 6.5 x 4.25;

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