Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (Silhouette)
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Origin/Purchase: Philadelphia
Materials: paper
Dimensions: 6.4 × 4.4 (2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Charles Willson Peale; by gift to Thomas Jefferson; by descent to Virginia and Nicholas Trist; by descent to Charles, James, and John Eddy; by gift to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in 1962
Historical Notes: For more information about Bonpland, see the article on the Alexander von Humboldt (Silhouette).
Further Sources
- Bell, Stephen. A Life in Shadow: Aimé Bonpland in Southern South America, 1817-1858. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2010.
- Cerrutti, Cedric. "Aimé Bonpland: Botaniste et Aventurier." Sommaire 39/40 (2003): 38-53.
- Hossard, Nicolas. Aimé Bonpland, 1773-1858: Médecin, Naturaliste, Explorateur en Amérique du Sud: à l'Ombre des Arbres. Paris: Harmattan, 2001.
- Foucault, Philippe. Le Pêcheur d'Orchidées: Aimé Bonpland, 1773-1858. Paris: Seghers, 1990.
- Smith, Charles."(Goujaud) Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (France 1773-1858)." Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches.