Kajetan Wincenty Kielisinski (1808-1849), Beggar Woman - after Norblin, 1836, in decorative frame

etching/paper, 6x3.5 cm, frame 7x4.5 cm, signature and description. d.: from Norblin KWK 1836 II Slycz

print by a little-known artist, based on J.P.Norblin's 1878 etching The Beggar's Woman. Kielisiński studied, among other things, drawing with J.Piwarski, interrupted his studies to take part in the November Uprising; he then imitated various jobs to eventually become a librarian in Kórnik; in 1836 he stayed in Medyka with Gwalbert Pawlikowski, where he took care of his art collection and practiced the etching technique.