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Henry Berger
Bust of Humboldt
1860
painted plaster
When Humboldt died in 1859, sculptor Henry Berger modeled a commemorative bust of Humboldt; this cast came to the Smithsonian, where it was installed in the Castle. It currently resides in the Botany Department library, a fitting place for the man whose vision of the "unity of nature" was based on his global study of plants and their environments.
The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |