Eminent and versatile Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (1807–1873) who carried out much of his research as a longtime faculty member at Harvard, where he was also instrumental in building the university’s enviable natural history collection. Pleasant 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait by Antoine Sonrel, signed and inscribed on the reverse to Lincoln’s Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox: “To the Hon[ora]ble G. V. Fox with kind remembrance of L. Agassiz.” In clean, fine condition. Great association. RRAuction COA.
