[WARSAW - Castle Square with the column of King Sigismund III Vasa - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [...

[WARSAW - Castle Square with the column of King Sigismund III Vasa - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [l. 70s of the 19th century]. Photograph form. 10.3x14.2 cm on original backing form. 10.7x16.3 cm, by Jan Mieczkowski in Warsaw.
In the foreground is the Sigismund's column and city residents. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. On the left margin of the backing print: "Jan Mieczkowski in Warsaw". On the back an advertising vignette of the establishment printed: "JMieczkowski in Warsaw Róg Senatorska i Miodowa Ner 496" and a handwritten inscription in crayon: "Varsovie Fauburg de Cracowvie Le monuments du Roi Sigismundi III". Local stains, otherwise good condition.
J. Mieczkowski (1830-1889) - one of the greatest and best photographers of the 19th century, competing with Beyer, itinerant daguerreotypist, outstanding portraitist (for his portraits he received an honorable mention at the 1862 Universal Exhibition in London). 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.