[LIBRARY - maids while reading - scene in library - situational photography - shot in cdv format]....

[LIBRARY - maids while reading - scene in library - situational photograph - cdv shot]. [not before 1861, not after 1889]. Photograph form. 7.7x5.5 cm on original backing form. 10.5x6.3 cm, by Jan Mieczkowski in Warsaw.
Photo pasted on original cardboard backing. In the lower margin under the photo printed: "Jan Mieczkowski in Warsaw". On the back an advertising vignette printed: "Jan Mieczkowski Fotograf Róg Senatorska i Miodowa No 496 in Warsaw". Local stains, otherwise good condition.
J. Mieczkowski (1830-1889) - Warsaw photographer. One of the greatest and best photographers of the 19th century, competing with Karol Beyer, an itinerant daguerreotypist, an outstanding portraitist (for his portraits he received an honorable mention at the General Exhibition in London in 1862). Awarded at numerous photographic salons in Europe and Asia. He opened his first establishment in 1847, and from 1861 the company was located at the corner of Senatorska and Miodowa Streets. In 1887 he took a photograph of Titus Chałubiński and Helena Modrzejewska.