Title: "The grave of the Sieniuts near Jampole, on the Horyn River, in the district of Krzemieniec."
Author: monogrammer S. Gr.
Item description:
Notes: Preserved entire sheet including text signed with pseudonym: "W. M." (SPPP does not resolve this pseudonym). The table of contents of the semiannual does not give the author of the drawing according to which the engraving was made and does not give the author of the text. Quite a rare engraving.
The text describes the object as a Poaria chapel, in fact it is a ruin of a castle tower, a remnant of the defunct Zamoyski castle from 1600; see Encyclopedia of the Borderlands pp. 161-162, illustration p. 161. existing object
Literature: Grajewski 1972 item 20483
Additional information:
Condition of Preservation:
Item in very nice condition (card after conservation)
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), fairly poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.
