[January Uprising - Marian Langiewicz - portrait photograph - cdv shot]. [l. 60s of the 19th century?]....

[ JanuaryUprising - Marian Langiewicz - portrait photograph - cdv shot]. [l. 60s of the 19th century?]. Photograph form. 9.3x5.5 cm on backing form. 10.3x6.2 cm, commissioned by A. Villeneuve in Paris.
Portrait of the portrayed person shown in bust, wearing insurgent garb. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. On the lower right margin of the backing print: "A. Villeneuve, Phot.". On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment printed: "Photograhie de L'Oratoire A. Villeneuve Rue St. Honoré, 152 Paris" and a pencil inscription: "Langiewicz". Slight scratches on the face, otherwise good condition.
M. Langiewicz (1827-1887) - the most popular participant in the January Uprising, former participant in the revolution of 1848, officer in the Prussian army, Garibaldist. In 1861, organizer and lecturer of the Polish military school in Genoa. In 1863, initially head of the armed forces in the Sandomierz province with the rank of colonel, then general, to whom the Cracow province was also subordinated, and dictator of the uprising. Arrested by the Austrians on March 19, 1863, he was imprisoned for two years. He then stayed in Switzerland and Turkey. He was buried in Constantinople. (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. 120).