Kosciuszko Mound, Krakow - Original Engraving by Lepetit - c. 1840
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Original antique steel engraving, Tertre de Kosciuszko. Montagne de Bronislawa / Collado de Kociusko. Monte de Bronislava, with the mound raised on the Bronisława hill outside Krakow and the Vistula in the foreground. Lettered at the foot, Lemaitre direxit and Lepetit sc.; at the head, Pologne - Polonia.
Original antique steel engraving, Tertre de Kosciuszko. Montagne de Bronislawa / Collado de Kociusko. Monte de Bronislava, with the mound raised on the Bronisława hill outside Krakow and the Vistula in the foreground. Lettered at the foot, Lemaitre direxit and Lepetit sc.; at the head, Pologne - Polonia.
The people of Krakow raised the mound between 1820 and 1823, with earth brought from the battlefields, in memory of Tadeusz Kościuszko, leader of the Polish insurrection of 1794.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Engraver: Lepetit.
Directed by: A. F. Lemaître.
Date: Circa 1840.
Source: Historia de Polonia, by Charles Forster; Panorama Universal, the Spanish edition of L'Univers pittoresque.
Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 in (20 x 13.5 cm).
Condition: Laid down on paper; scattered oxidation spots through the margins and one or two in the sky of the image.
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Original antique steel engraving, Tertre de Kosciuszko. Montagne de Bronislawa / Collado de Kociusko. Monte de Bronislava, with the mound raised on the Bronisława hill outside Krakow and the Vistula in the foreground. Lettered at the foot, Lemaitre direxit and Lepetit sc.; at the head, Pologne - Polonia.