J. Mieczkowski – a view of Krakowskie Przedmieście in a stereoscopic photograph from the 1860s -...

[WARSAW —view of Krakowskie Przedmieście—landscape photograph—stereoscopic]. [not before 1866]. Two 8x7.3 cm photographs mounted on an original 8.7x17.3 cm backing, taken atJan Mieczkowski’s studioin Warsaw.
A view of the city’s main thoroughfare—Krakowskie Przedmieście. In the center of the composition is a fountain designed by Józef Orłowski and Alfons Grotowski and commissioned in 1866. It stood in this location until 1897, when it was removed to make way for the construction of the Adam Mickiewicz monument. On the right side of the composition, the Namiestnikowski Palace is visible in the background, while on the left are the buildings of Krakowskie Przedmieście —a row of multi-story tenement houses. The photograph is mounted on an original cardboard backing. On the right margin of the backing is a sticker with the inscription: “Views of Warsaw.” On the reverse is an advertising vignette of the studio with the inscription: “Jan Mieczkowski’s Photographic Studio in Warsaw.” Very good condition. The photograph is one of the rare stereoscopic images by the photographer from the series “Views of Warsaw.”
J. Mieczkowski (1830–1889) —one of the greatest and finest photographers of the 19th century, a rival to Beyer, an itinerant daguerreotypist, and an outstanding portraitist (he received an award for his portraits at the Great Exhibition in London in 1862). He received awards at numerous photography salons in Europe and Asia. He opened his first studio in 1847; from 1861 onward, the studio was located at the corner of Senatorska and Miodowa Streets. In 1887, he took a photograph of Tytus Chałubiński and Helena Modrzejewska.