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Enjoy the world of science, discovery, and Alexander von Humboldt through Howarth’s lens. He used a 'camera lucida,' a small sketching tool used in the 1800s similar to a camera obscura but simpler and quicker to use-a favorite tool of 19th-century naturalists, like Humboldt. Howarth visited SAAM in nineteenth century dress during the summer to sketch the mastodon skeleton featured in the exhibition, Alexander von Humboldt in the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture. He has presented 'living history narratives' based on the science of Charles Willson Peale and Alexander von Humboldt at Smithsonian Libraries, the National Museum of American History, and other regional museums. Meet Dean Howarth, a local high school science teacher and an interpreter on the history of science.

Charles Willson Peale's painting in the background shows similar bones. SAAM's Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey and Dean Howarth take a closer look at mastodon bones in the exhibition Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture.

Instructor access pearson art history 18th to 21st century