Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron Cuvier. Plaster bust by P.-J. David d'Angers, 1838.

  • David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean, 1788-1856.
Date:
1838
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11959i
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Comparative anatomist, palaeontologist, and educational reformer of prodigious energy. Renowned posthumously for, inter alia, the weight of his brain (64 oz.)

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1838

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1 sculpture : plaster ; plaster height 76 cm

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References note

William Schupbach, 'Apollo and the Aztecs', Wellcome Library blog, 27 June 2016, https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210312221809/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2016/06/apollo-and-the-aztecs/

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Wellcome Collection 11959i

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