Louis Agassiz
1862
Artist, American, c. 1831 - 1866
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.4 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2022.174.5
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
bottom center on mount printed in black ink: PROF. AGASSIZ / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by D. Appleton & Co., in / the Clerk's Office of the United States for the Southern District of New York.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 5-MGB076; center printed in black ink: CARTES DE VISITE / D. APPLETON & CO / 443 & 445 Broadway NY / A.A. TURNER, / PHOTOGRAPHER