Hans P. Kraus Jr. Inc.

Hans P. Kraus Jr. Inc., established in New York in 1984, is a dealer in nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs.​

Hans P. Kraus Jr. is pleased to present our fall exhibition, Photographs from the Collection of William L. Schaeffer, through 25 November 2026. On display are chiefly American works by Carleton E. Watkins, William Henry Jackson, John Moran, Timothy O’Sullivan, William Bell, and others from Schaeffer's renowned collection. Assembled over more than fifty years, the collection includes outstanding examples of various photographic processes from the second half of the 19th century, including work by early masters and unknown practitioners in a vernacular mode. The collection reflects Schaeffer’s discriminating taste and comprehensive grasp of American history, which gave him his nickname, “The Guy with the Eye.” Willie was celebrated last year with an extraordinary exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum curated by Jeff Rosenheim.

962 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10028
212-794-2064
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STAFF
Hans P. Kraus Jr.
Thomas Wood
Shelley Dowell

HOURS
Noon - 6pm Monday through Friday and by appointment

ARTISTS
Eugène Atget, Anna Atkins, Édouard Baldus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugène Cuvelier, Frederick H. Evans, Roger Fenton, John Beasley Greene, Hill & Adamson, Bertha Jaques, Reverend Calvert Jones, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, Charles Marville, Charles Nègre, Hugh Owen, John Ruskin, William Henry Fox Talbot, Félix Teynard, Linnaeus Tripe, Doris Ulmann, Joseph vicomte Vigier, and others