[ JanuaryUprising - woman in dress from the period of "national mourning". - portrait photograph]. [l. 60s of the 19th century]. Photograph form. 9x5.6 cm on original backing form. 10x6,3 cm, by Karol Beyer in Warsaw.
Portrait of the sitter, portrayed full-length, stands supporting her left hand on a column behind a curtain. In her right hand she holds a book - a prayer book. She is dressed in a long black gown of lustreless material, with long sleeves and her hair tightly pinned up in a bun at the nape of her neck. On the back, an advertising vignette of the establishment printed: "Karol Beyer Photographic Establishment Krakowskie Przedmieście No 389 in Warsaw". Photo glued on original cardboard backing. Stains in places, good condition overall.
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