Poland Collection (#19)

Poniatowski from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Poniatowski from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Tadeusz Kosciuszko refusing sword offered by Catherine II, 1883. Artist: Poilleux-Saint-Ange, Georges Louis (1855-1901)
Tadeusz Kosciuszko refusing sword offered by Catherine II, 1883. From a private collection

A Dangerous Lesson, 1886. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
A Dangerous Lesson, 1886. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture, Pereslavl Zalessky, Russia

The Siege of Pskov by Stephen Bathory in 1581, 1839-1843. Artist: Karl Briullov
The Siege of Pskov by Stephen Bathory in 1581, 1839-1843. From August 1581 until February 1582 during the Livonian War, the Russian city of Pskov withstood a siege by a Polish army commanded by King

Equestrian Statue of John Sobieski trampling a Turk, Newby Hall, North Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Equestrian Statue of John Sobieski trampling a Turk, Newby Hall, North Yorkshire, 20th century. John III Sobieski (1629-1696) was elective king of Poland (1674-96)

Copernican (heliocentric / Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1708
Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761. Illustration showing ecliptic and the orbit of the Earth and the planets

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, (1860-1941), Polish pianist and composer, 1894-1907. Polish pianist and composer. Paderewski was also a politician and spokesman for Polish independence

The old Krantor (Crane Gate) on the river Mottlau, Gdansk, Poland, 1926. The Krantor is an example of a brick Gothic building and was built between 1442 and 1444

Nicolo Paganini and Frederic Chopin, c1900. Musicians Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) and Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). French advertising for Liebig, extract of meat, c1900

John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 19th century. Artist: Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet
John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 19th century

Joseph Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813), Polish prince and Marshal of France, 1839. Artist: Contenau
Joseph Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813), Polish prince and Marshal of France, 1839

Frederic Francois Chopin, (1810-1849), Polish composer for the piano, 1909

Amateur boxing competition between Germany and Poland, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936

Russian soldiers in winter uniform, Galician front, Poland, World War I, December 1914. Artist: Stuff
Russian soldiers in winter uniform, Galician front, Poland, World War I, December 1914.The Russians advanced into Galicia after defeating the Austro-Hungarian army in the early months of the war but

Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician. Copernicus (1473-1543) is considered to be the father of modern astronomy and founder of heliocentric cosmology

Moriz Rosenthal, Polish-American pianist, 1912. Artist: Joseph Simpson
Moriz Rosenthal, Polish-American pianist, 1912. Portrait of Rosenthal (1862-1946), Polish-born American pianist

Richard Boleslawski, Polish film director and actor, 1933. Boleslawski (1880-1937) emigrated to America after the Russian Revolution

Russian Siberian infantry troops in Warsaw, Poland, 1914

Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Artist: Camille Huard
Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Naruszewicz (1733-1798) was also a poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular Bishop of Smolensk and Luck

Interior in the Government of Pultowa, central Ukraine, 1879. Inhabitants of Poltava: a Pole, a Jew, and a soldier

Poles of Volhynia, western Ukraine, 1879. Polish hunters with their catch

Warsaw - The Theatre of the Lazienki Palace, Poland, 1879. Artist: Laplante
Warsaw - The Theatre of the Lazienki Palace, Poland, 1879. The theatre, originally built 1683-1690, was rebuilt in the 18th century

Jan III Sobieski, monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Jan III Sobieski, monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Portrait of Sobieski (1629-1696)

Jean Henri Dombrowski, Polish military commaner, 1845. Artist: James Hopwood
Jean Henri Dombrowski, Polish military commaner, 1845. Portrait of Dombrowski (1755-1818) who was general of a Polish army corps in 1794

Jan III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Jan III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Sobieski (1629-1696) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674-1696

Portrait of the Field Marshal Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Berg (1794-1874). Found in the collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

Christ Preaching at Capernaum, 1878-1879. Found in the collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

Map of Poland includes portions of Livonia and Grand Duchy of Moscow. Private Collection

Portrait of Wladyslaw Vasa (1595-1648), son of King Sigismund III of Poland. Found in the Collection of Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid

Stephen Bathory at Pskov. Detail: Grigory Nashchokin. Found in the Collection of Royal Castle, Warsaw

Portrait of the author Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883), 1883. Found in the collection of I. Turgenev Memorial Museum, Moscow

After the Battle of Grunwald. The Solidarity of the Northern Slavs (The cycle The Slav Epic). Found in the collection of City Gallery Prague

Portrait of the poet Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621-1693), 1670s. Artist: Edelinck, Jan (1643-1680)
Portrait of the poet Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621-1693), 1670s. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Polish plumb-cake, 1772. Artist: Lodge, John (?-1796)
The Polish plumb-cake, 1772. From a private collection

Picture of Europe for July 1772, 1772. Artist: Anonymous
Picture of Europe for July 1772, 1772. From a private collection

Emilia Plater in November uprising 1831. Artist: Wunder, Georg Benedikt (1786-1858)
Emilia Plater in November uprising 1831. Found in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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