[BONTEMPS Zofia - portrait photograph]. [ca. 1871]. Photograph form. 9.4x5.6 cm on original backing form. 10.4x6.3 cm, taken at the atelier of [Ferdynand] Kloch and [Meletiusz] Dutkiewicz in Warsaw.
The portrait of the sitter framed in 3/4 figure, sitting in profile on a chair. Print in the lower margin under the photo: "Kloch & Dutkiewicz in Warsaw". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment with award medals and the imprint: "Kloch & Dutkiewicz in Warsaw No. 411 (7) Krakowskie Przedmieście Street" and a handwritten (misleading) inscription in ink: "Jenerałowa Zofia Bontemps". Minor stains, good overall condition.
Zofia Bontemps née Krąkowski h. Trąby (1860-1958) - wife of Konstanty Włodzimierz Bontemps (1855-1927) grandson of General Peter Bontemps. Mother of two sons - Konstantin (ca. 1884-1924) and Vladimir (1887-1942).
Kloch & Dutkiewicz - Meletius Dutkiewicz moved to Warsaw in 1865 and took a position as chief assistant at the Karol Beyer factory. He befriended one of his employees, Ferdinand Kloch, and together they established an independent establishment at 7 Krakowskie Przedmieście St. in 1866. The establishment enjoyed success with the aristocracy, mainly due to Kloch's connections as a baron. In 1867 they received a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
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