ZALESKI Bronislaw - From the life of a Lithuanian woman 1827-1874. From letters and notes submitted.... Poznan 1876.

Author: ZALESKI Bronisław

Title: From the life of a Lithuanian woman 1827-1874. From letters and notes submitted by...

• Place of issue: Poznań
• Year of publication: 1876
• Publisher: Zakładnia Księgarnia Jan Konstanty Żupański
• Number of pages: [4], 282, [1].
• Illustrations, maps: ---
• Size: 22 cm
• Binding: hardback semi leather from the epoch, gilt on the spine, decorative lining, ribbon in the form of bookmark
• Condition: minor rubbing/soiling of binding, school stamp from Lviv
• ISBN: ---

Description:

Biography of Helena née Skirmuntova (1827-1874), sculptor, painter, participant in the January Uprising, exile.

In 1863 she was arrested for attempting to deliver a deposition to Romuald Traugutt; she was sentenced to exile deep into Russia, where she remained until June 1864. The book contains an excerpt from her personal "Diary," including her years of youth in Polesia, her artistic activities, her pre-insurrection period, her stay in prison with descriptions of the cruelty of the Muscovites, her diary of her journey into exile from Pinsk to Tambov, and her stay in exile.

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