Charles Darwin

Joseph Echteler

1883–84

Not on view

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Title: Charles Darwin
Artist: Joseph Echteler (1853–1908)
Date: 1883–84
Culture: German, Munich
Medium: Plaster, painted to imitate terracotta; pedestal, painted black
Dimensions: Height: 29 in. (73.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Echteler, 1887
Object Number: 87.31
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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