Napoleon Orda - Grodno (Grodno)
Size without frame: 39,8cm x 30cm
Size with frame: 43cm x 33cm
"Known city since r.1128. On the ruins of the defensive castle of V.X. Erdziwil's son-in-law Xa. Mendog stands. The castle in which the last Diet was held."
Below the view the title (also in French) and signatures - drawn from nature by Napoleon Orda (1807-1873).
Printed in the well-known Warsaw workshop of Maksymilian Fajans, comes from the series "Album of historical views of Poland".
Condition: yellowing of the paper, small dampstain below the view, small pen mark
Napoleon Mateusz Tadeusz Orda coat of arms Orda (born February 11, 1807 in Vorotsevichy, died April 26, 1883 in Warsaw). Polish illustrator, painter, pianist and composer. He studied mathematical and natural sciences at Vilnius University. In 1833, in Paris, he took up painting studies with the landscape painter Pierre Girard and music studies with Frederic Chopin. After numerous travels, he returned to Poland in 1856 and settled in his hometown of Vorotsevichy. During his numerous travels around the country, he made more than 1,000 drawings from nature. In 1873 he undertook the monumental task of publishing his own "Album of historical views of Poland". 260 views were published in lithography. They were drawn on stone by Alojzy Misierowicz.
