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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Dr. Jean Louis Rodolph Agassiz
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dr. Jean Louis Rodolph Agassiz

Artist Unknown
Publisher E. and H.T. Anthony and Company (American, 1852-1901)
Dateca. 1861-1868
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (8.6 × 5.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.2 × 6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.76
Terms
  • Head and shoulders portrait
  • Man
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite bust-portrait of Professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873) photographed during early to mid-1860s. The professor sports modified muttonchops, a high-collared white shirt with wrap-around dark neckerchief tied in a loose bow below his chin. His suit and vest are plaid, the upper part of the suit lapel is of a solid dark fabric.