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Physical description:
Cabinet photographs; 6.5 x 4.25;
Type:
Photographs
Date:
1875
Circa 1875
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
Summary:
Bust by Preston Powers, Florence, Italy. Photographed by Longworth Powers.
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
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