heliogravure, paper; 26.5 x 20 cm (clear passe-partout), 38.5 x 31.5 cm (framed, passe-partout); inscribed under the composition in the center: Henryk Sienkiewicz; p. d.: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. Beneath the composition, the signature of the artistic lithography workshop " Meisenbach Riffarth & Co".
Georg Meisenbach was a German engraver and inventor of the autotype. In 1883 Meisenbach & Co. merged with Heinrich Riffarth & Co. and founded Meisenbach Riffarth & Company, a well-known European printmaking company.