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Which artist was an avid collector of animal specimens and fossils, and was the first to display a mastodon?

Charles Willson Peale

Samuel E.B. Morse

Leonardo da Vinci

Vincent Van Gogh

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Answer:

Correct answer is Charles Willson Peale .

Step-by-step explanation:

Although most of this artists had certain special interests in different areas only Peale was infatuated by the fossils and animal specimens. Therefore, he is also a founder of a famous Pennsylvania Museum, where the first skeleton of mastodon was displayed. That is why this museum is also known as Peale Museum.

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