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Portraits of Louis Agassiz and Alexander Agassiz

Louis Agassiz with briefcase, starfish, books, and one of his drum-type microscopes made by Georges Oberhaeuser.
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Portraits of Louis Agassiz and Alexander Agassiz

Date: 1850-1900
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0934
Classification: Photograph
Subject:
biology, portrait,
Attributed to: Louis Agassiz (1807 - 1873)
Attributed to: Alexander Agassiz (1835 - 1910)
Dimensions:
25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
envelope: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
Material:
paper,
Description:
two photographs of Louis Agassiz beside a table with a microsope, books, starfish, and briefcase. One photograph of Alexander Agassiz in his laboratory with microscope in foreground and another in background, bell jars, specimen jars, chemical reagents and glassware, and books.
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  • Exhibit 2008--More than Meets the Eye
Curatorial RemarksStamped with MCZ on back
ProvenanceMuseum of Comparative Zoology Library Archives

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