Details
KOCH, ROBERT (1843-1910). Photograph signed ("R. Koch"), by H. Fechner, Berlin (imprint on lower margin), n.d. [circa 1905]. 290 x 224 mm. (11½ x 8 7/8 in.) including margins, some overall light browning, signature slightly faded. A seated portrait of the scientist with one arm resting on a table, signed on the margin. Very rare.
"A German physician and pioneer in the science of bacteriology, Koch was the first to track down the microorganisms responsible for tuberculosis, anthrax, dysentery, and cholera. Certainly a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine (1905)"--W.M.
"A German physician and pioneer in the science of bacteriology, Koch was the first to track down the microorganisms responsible for tuberculosis, anthrax, dysentery, and cholera. Certainly a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine (1905)"--W.M.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 53).