Professor Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von Helmholtz, half-length portrait

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This portrait of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was made in 1894. The archive record lists him as the creator, though this likely indicates the photograph's subject rather than its photographer, as was common in cataloguing practices of the period.

The record provides no information about Helmholtz's life, work, or the circumstances under which this portrait was taken. The photographer and location are not identified. Beyond the visual format noted in the title, the archive preserves no further details about this image.

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