Gottschalk, Louis Moreau. (1829–1869) Signed Cabinet Photograph to his publisher SchottOriginal portrait cabinet photograph of the important American composer and virtuoso pianist, boldly signed and inscribed on the verso only two months before his premature death at the age of 40. The photograph by Pacheco of Rio de Janiero, inscribed to the composer's German publisher, Franz Schott (1811 1874), "Messieur Schott avec mes meilleurs compliments Louis M. Gottschalk Rio 23 Oct 1869." Some apparent surface retouching to all four corners of