Original bust portrait CDV photograph by Alexander Eichenwald of Moscow, inscribed and signed in pencil to the lower mount by the legendary violinist "Zum freundlichen Gedanken an Joseph Joachim".  2.5 x 4  inches (6.5 x 10.5 cm). Scattered speckling to the albumen, else fine. 

The great Hungarian violinist and composer was probably second only to Paganini among 19th-century virtuosi, and was the dedicatee of the Brahms Concerto and many other works.

In 1867, Alexander Eichenwald opened a photo studio in Petrovka Street and was the first Moscow photographer to use electric lighting.