biografia di Georg Heinrich VON LANGSDORFF (1773-1852)

Birth place: Rhein-Hessen, Germany

Addresses: San Fran., CA, 1806; Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany after 1812

Profession: Painter, engraver

Studied: Göttingen (as a doctor)

Work: Bancroft Lib., UC Berkeley ("Dance of The Indians at Mission San Jose," and the earliest known view of San Francisco, as seen from the ship)

Comments: Member of the Russian expedition around the world headed by Nikolai Rezanov, 1803-07. Author: Observations on a Journey Around the World," Frankfurt, 1812 (includes engravings of California). Also appears as Von Langsdorff.

Sources: Hughes, Artists in California, 323; P&H Samuels, 505. "