Lot 6429
A portrait of the Polish general and commandant of the Warsaw Officers' School for Cavalry Franciszek Czarnomski Poland, 1st half of 19th cent.
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Oil on canvas. Monogrammed “HC” lower left. Representative portrait of Czarnomski in the rank of colonel of the 2nd Mounted Rifle Regiment. The chest adorned with the Polish military merit order Virtuti Militari, the Imperial Russian St. Anna-Order with crown, the knight's cross of the French Legion d'Honneur, and the Russian decoration for 20 years of loyal service. In a gilt wooden frame, picture dimensions 26 x 23 cm. Frame dimensions 37.5 x 34 cm. Together with a picture catalogue “Franciszek Czarnomski Archiwum generala” (Nautilus-Verlag, Krakow 2015). The work encompasses his biography, military career, and the complete archive including depiction of many documents. Franciszek Czarnomski joined Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 as a Hauptmann. In the same year he was awarded the Order Virtuti Militari for outstanding bravery; in 1813 the knight's cross of the French Legion d'Honneur followed. In 1816 he entered the Warsaw Officer School for cavalry as an instructor, and in 1826 was appointed its commander in the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the November Uprising of 1830/31, Czarnomski was initially sceptical and personally led his approximately two hundred cadets into the camp of the Russian Grand Duke Konstantin; he later joined the uprising, however, and took command of a uhlan regiment formed from students, leading it into the bloody Battle of Olszynka Grochowska. For his merits in the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, Czarnomski was promoted to colonel on 25 February 1831 and to brigadier general on 30 July 1831.Condition: II
Keywords: Warsaw, Poland, Russland, russisch, Russian, Russia, Warszawa, Polska, Questions about the lot?
