Chaucer, GeoffreyBiblio.com
CHAUCER, GeoffreyBiblio.com
Carte-de-visite Photographic Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer from a Painting by P. Kramer
1868519535London: Fred. Bruckmann 1868. Softcover. Fine. Albumen print carte-de-visite photographic portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer reproduced from a painting by P. Kramer. Measuring 2.5" x 3.25". on slightly larger cardstock mount with dark red single-rule border. The image reproduces a painting by Chaucer in profile from the chest up. Printed in pale red text beneath the image: "Registered. 1. Depose. Chaucer. Fred. Bruckmann London." Light rubbing to photograph and mount else near fine condition. <br /> The photographer Fred. Bruckmann a noted German art publisher based in Munich opened a London studio at the Strand in 1868.<br /> The artist P. Kramer is almost certainly Peter Kramer 1823-1907 a painter and lithographer from Bavaria who emigrated to the United States in 1848. He returned to Germany in 1858 but was later exiled for caricaturing the King of Bavaria. He returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York City. Fred. Bruckmann unknown
