[January Uprising - Joachim Lelewel - portrait photograph]. [before 1861]. Photograph form. 9,1x5,...

[JanuaryUprising - Joachim Lelewel - portrait photograph]. [before 1861]. Photograph form. 9.1x5.7 cm on original backing form. 10.5x6.2 cm, of unknown authorship.
Photographic reproduction of an image from a 19th century engraving. Portrayed person shown in bust, facing right. Print on the lower margin of the plate: "Joachim Lelewel". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. Backing slightly dusty, overall good condition.
J. Lelewel (1786-1861) - historian, numismatist, bibliographer, patriotic activist, ideologue of Polish democracy. In the years 1821-1824) professor at the University of Vilnius. In the November Uprising, a member of the National Government and president of the Patriotic Society, later one of the most prominent leaders of Polish emigration. Lelewel's death on May 29, 1861 added to a period of intense manifestations in Poland. His memory was commemorated with services in Catholic churches, a Protestant temple and Warsaw synagogues. Numerous effigies of him were also popular and circulated. (Biogram for: "The January Uprising and Siberian Exiles. Catalog of Photographs from the Collection of the Historical Museum of the City of Warsaw," part 1 in ed. K. Lejko. War. 2004, p. 210).