biography of Ernest Bruno VON DE GERSDORFF (XIX)

Birth place: Gemany

Addresses: Salem, MA

Profession: Amateur artist

Comments: A physician, De Gersdorff came from Germany and settled in Salem (Mass.) before 1849. His letters were often illustrated with humorous pen sketches, some of which have been published.

Sources: G&W; Essex Institute Historical Collections, LXXIX (April 1943), 134-52, repros. of 15 of De Gersdorff's sketches.