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James Nasmyth, The ArtistsCrater of Vesuviusi
Portrait of James Nasmyth

James Nasmyth was a Scottish artist born on August 19, 1808. Nasmyth contributed to the Enlightenment movement, worked in England and died on May 7, 1890.

Crater of Vesuvius, James Nasmyth

Crater of Vesuvius 1864

Charles Darwin, The ArtistsPortrait of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

The art of seeing

1809 – 1882
Ernst Haeckel, The ArtistsPortrait of Ernst Haeckel

Ernst Haeckel

The beautiful weirdness of nature

1834 – 1919
John James Audubon, The ArtistsPortrait of John James Audubon

John James Audubon

Friend of the birds

1785 – 1851
18011900

Hippolyte Bayard

Peder Balke

James Nasmyth

Honoré Daumier

Charles Darwin

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