'Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, The Great Naturalist', 1850s. Creator: Daniel John Pound.

'Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, The Great Naturalist', 1850s. Creator: Daniel John Pound.

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'Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, The Great Naturalist', 1850s. Portrait of Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), whose interests included geophysics, geology and botany. He is sometimes called the founder of ecology. In 1800-1804, together with the French botanist Aime Bonpland (1773-1858), Humboldt explored the Orinoco and Amazon regions and collected 60,000 plant specimens.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Daniel John Pound, attributed to: British: Printmaker, engraver, artist
After
  1. Karl Joseph Begas: German: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. Alexander von Humboldt: German: Author, naturalist, explorer

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4256x6728
File Size : 27,964kb


Aliases

  1. 0580038695
  1. 2-704-509
  1. 2704509

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