[Lviv - fragment of St. Mary's Square - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [l. 70s/1980s]. Photograph form. 10.6x14.3 cm on original backing form. 11.5x17 cm, by Edward Trzemeski in Lviv.
View of a fragment of the square from 1871 called Mariacka (formerly Ferdinand's), now Mickiewicza. In the first floor part of the tenement houses numerous fashionable stores are visible. On the right margin of the backing print: "Photographed by E. Trzemeski in Lviv". On the back, pencil identification inscription in German and stamp: "Papier- & Kunsthandlung Seyfarth & Dydyński Lemberg". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. Good condition.
E. Trzemeski (1843-1905) - owner of numerous photographic establishments. Ca. 1865 served a photographic apprenticeship in Trieste at the Sebastianetti establishment. He worked at Jozef Eder's art and photography establishment in Lviv. From 1869 he ran his own establishment in a building at 13 Szeroka St., later Kopernika St. 9. From 1877-1887 the establishment was located in the Hotel Europejski at 4 Mariacka St. At that time he opened a branch in Krynica as one of the first establishments on the outskirts of Poland. It was the first to undertake the publication of illustrations to "Trilogy" Henryk Sienkiewicz by engaging Juliusz Kossak. In 1887 he moved the atelier to 7 3 Maja Street.
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