Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, Baron François Pascal Gérard
Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt
1804
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Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, Baron François Pascal Gérard
Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt
1804
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 290 × 240 mm. (11 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4389
(1769-1859) He was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.[ He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.
Inscribed: Recto: in plate: "Grave a l'Eau forte par Augte. Desnoyers, an 1805. D'apres un Croquis de Gerard."
Markings: CM: Claghorn