Plonski Michal, 3 etchings , 1802
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Three etchings on one white sheet 42,8 x 29,3 cm .
Titles after reference book by Rastawiecki, with English description
1. Postać starożytna Polaka, w stroju dawnym. Czapka z piórami, pas i szabla z boku. ("szlachcic") - Polish nobleman
signed on plate in the lower left corner : M. Płonski f | 1802 ; print size : 9,8 x 5 cm
2. Dziadek wsparty na kiju. - Old man with a stick
signed on plate in the lower right corner: MP ; print size : 6,6 x 5 cm
3.Różne małe figurki dwóch pod soba rzędach ("typy i karykatury") - various figures in two rows, types and caricatures
Signed on plate in the upper left corner: M.Płonski S | 1802 ; in the upper right corner plate number : 7 ;
wymiary: 9,4 x 18,5cm
Rare sheet from Recuil de 19. planches... by Michal Plonski (1782-1812 , one of the best Polish engravers active early XIXth century, most of his engravings have been done in Amsterdam or Paris), first published in Amsterdame in 1802 (portfolio republished few years later in Paris)
Reference:
Tatarkiewicz W. Michal Płonski, monografie artytyczne tom X., Gebethner and Wolff, Warszawa, 1926, reproduced prints 1 and 3 (there state with 3 instead 2 rows)
Rastawiecki E., Slownik rytownikow polskich, Poznan, 1886, positions 8, 16 and 17, pages 241 - 245.
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