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[PHOTO posed - a man with a parade rifle at his side]. [not after 1867]. Photograph form. 9x5,...

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[PHOTO posed - a man with a parade rifle at his side]. [not after 1867]. Photograph form. 9x5.5 cm on original base form. 9.7x6.1 cm, by Walery Rzewuski in Kraków.
Shot in full figure against a painted screen with a characteristic landscape, wearing clothing from the period of patriotic manifestations, with a parade rifle at his side. In the lower right corner an imprint: "W. Rzewuski". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. On the back slightly blurred stamp: "W. Rzewuski in Krakow Wesoła Nro 29". Good condition.
W. Rzewuski (1837-1888) - Cracow photographer, social activist, one of the pioneers of Polish photography. Studied at the Technical Institute in Cracow and from 1857-1858 at the Vienna Polytechnic. From 1859 he worked as a photographer, first outdoors, then in a studio in a rented room at 83 Grodzka St. In 1861 he opened an establishment at 6 Krupnicza St., then at 29 Kopernika St. Between 1864 and 1867 he put up a house at 27b Kolejowa St., where on November 1, 1867 he opened his renowned establishment with a modern laboratory atelier. Prominent citizen and councilor of the city of Cracow. Known for his ethnographic photography, landscapes of the Tatra Mountains, he created so-called "living pictures". Author of portraits, including insurgents of 1863 and the first album photos of actors.
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138th antiquarian auction (17/18-06-2023)
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