WARSAW. Panorama of Warsaw from the right bank of the Vistula River. No signature, but the photo has all the hallmarks of the atelier of Kloch and Dutkiewicz; st. bdb.; dimensions of photo: 215x153 mm, cardboard 325x245 mm. Price: 200 zloty
Baron Ferdynand Kloch de Kernitz worked for Karol Beyer, the pioneer of Warsaw photography. Since 1866, together with Melecjusz Dutkiewicz, they ran an atelier at 7 Krakowskie Przedmieście St. In 1869 the partners' paths parted. Melecjusz Dutkiewicz (1836-1897) studied photography in Vienna. From 1865 he worked at Beyer's studio in Warsaw, where he met F. Kloch. After the company dissolved, they sold the atelier. Dutkiewicz tried to make a living from the production of bromo-gelatin films. Unfortunately, not much came of it. He died in poverty.
