Black and white 3/4 length seated studio portrait of Carl Hermann Conrad Burmeister. Printed inscription on recto, 'E. Bieber'. Pen inscription on verso, 'My father, when he wrote the 2nd Vol. of his "Handbook". To Prof. And. Murray. with kind regards: Altona Septb 1. 1868. Heinrich Burmeister'. Printed inscription on verso, 'Photographie E. Bieber 26, Gr. Backerstrasse Hamburg'. Carl Hermann Conrad Burmeister (1807-1892) was a German zoologist, entomologist and botanist. He moved to Argentina in 1861, where he became Director of the Naional Museum of Natural History in Buenos Aires. Carl Hermann Conrad Burmeister (1807-1892) was a German zoologist, entomologist and botanist. He moved to Argentina in 1861, where he became Director of the Naional Museum of Natural History in Buenos Aires
Extent
1 carte de visite
Physical description
10.6 (h) x 6.4 (w) cm. Portrait. Photographic print