Polish Collection (page 7)

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

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

Shanghai advertising poster for boot polish, c1930s

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

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

Russian Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov inspecting troops, c1794. Suvorov (1729-1800) inspecting troops before the Elector of Saxony Palace in Warsaw in 1794

View of Bebek near Constantinople, 1872. Artist: Jan Matejko
View of Bebek near Constantinople, 1872. Found in the collection of the State Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine

Portrait of a Man, 18th century. Artist: Polish Master
Portrait of a Man, 18th century. Polish master of 18th century. Found in the collection of the M Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Artist: Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Marina Mniszech (c1588-1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became Tsarina of Russia after marrying the impostor False Dmitry I in 1605 during

False Dmitry takes an oath of allegiance to King Sigismund III Vasa, 1874. Artist: Nikolay Nevryov
False Dmitry takes an oath of allegiance to King Sigismund III Vasa, 1874. Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 until his death

Sword Dance, 1881. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
Sword Dance, 1881. Siemiradzki, Henryk (1843-1902). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The expulsion of Polish invaders from the Moscow Kremlin, 1612 (late 19th or early 20th century). Moscow was occupied by the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1610 until 1612 as

The first dramatic theatre group in Warsaw, 1866. Found in the collection of the The State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian prima ballerina, with her son, Volodya, 1910. A ballerina of Polish origin, Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971)

Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. Artist: Louis-Auguste Bisson
Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. The only known photograph of Chopin (1810-1849)

The Luxembourg Gardens, Monument to Chopin, 1909. Artist: Henri Rousseau
The Luxembourg Gardens, Monument to Chopin, 1909. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland. Artist: C Warren
Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1732-1798) was the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He came to the throne in 1764 in a coup by the powerful Czartoryski family backed by

Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero, general and leader, (1833). Artist: W Holl
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero, soldier and leader, (1833). Kosciuszko (1746-1817) was the leader of the Polish uprising (which bears his name)

Front cover of La Vie, Febuary 1991. The cover shows Pope John Paul II at the time of the First Gulf War. Rights information: Cleared for Editorial Use Only

Mining for rock salt, c1890. Miners being lowered down a shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine, Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland, 20th century. Cigarette card c1920

Title page of A Discourse Concerning a New World & Another Planet by John Wilkins, 1683. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler are represented in the bottom corners. (London, 1683 (Ist edition 1640))

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925. Marie Curie (1867-1934) in her office at the Radium Institute, Paris, of which she was director of research from 1918-1934

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre (1859-1906) Curie. With their daughter Irene in the garden of their house on Boulevard Kellermann, Paris

Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory. Polish-born Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre (1859-1906)

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910. Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth

Copernican sun-centred (heliocentric) system of the universe, 1708. This shows the orbit of the Moon round the Earth, and the orbits of the Earth and planets round the Sun

The Battle of Orsha, 1514 (between 1524 und 1530). The Battle of Orsha was fought in present day Belarus between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland on one side

A Christian Dirce, 1897. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
A Christian Dirce, 1897. Found in the collection of the National Museum, Warsaw

Rosa Luxemburg, c1907. Luxemburg (1871-1919) Polish born German revolutionary, became a Communist in 1890. In 1898 she moved to Berlin and continued as an active leader of the left-wing movement

Children of the Sklodowski family, Polish, c1870-1875. Left to right: Zosia, Hela, Maria (Marie Curie 1867-1934), Joseph and Bronya

St Stanislas Kostka, 16th century Polish Saint, 19th century. Stanislas (Stanislaus) Kostka (1550-1568) entered the Jesuit order at Rome when aged 17

Saint Barbara, c1495-c1519. Artist: Circle of Jan Polak
Saint Barbara, c1495-c1519. A Christian martyr who died c235, Saint Barbara was shut up in a tower to protect her from suitors

Rabbi, 1892, Artist: Jan Styka (1858-1925)
Rabbi, 1892. The Rabbi wears the Tefillin (phylactery), a black leather cube containing four Torah texts

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist in 1921. Curie (1867-1934) with Dean Pegram of the School of Engineering, Columbia University, New York, during her tour of the United States

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist with members of her family in Warsaw, Poland, 1912. Marie Curie (1867-1934), with her sisters Hela Szalay and Bronya Dluska

Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno, Krakow, 1501
Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno (Gnesen), Krakow, 1501. Three keepers of regalia hold the orb, sword and sceptre, symbols of kingship

Radium Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 1932. The institute was inaugurated on 29 May 1932, in the presence of the Nobel Prizewinning scientist Marie Curie and her sister Bronya Dluska

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