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Printed plate of numbered historic flags, banners and ornamental finials with Cyrillic annotations and measurement notes.

[Russian proportions]

Johann Wilhelm Bachmann, 1906

Caricature of European rulers as Olympian gods on clouds watching a smoky battlefield below, 1912 print by Johan Braakensiek.

[European powers as Olympic deities, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1912

[Two heads]

Jan Gotard, 1924

Color print of a city skyline with red rooftops, a chimney, an arched viaduct and a cloudy pink sky at dusk.

[Meeting]

Franciszek Siedlecki, 1905

Caricature of a woman in uniform reaching into a Morocco tree beside a German officer in a spiked helmet.

[Germany's and France's claims to Morocco, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Brown ink sketch of a man and a woman singing together, the woman holding an open book, on cream paper.

[Stanisław Szwarc singing with the accompaniment of Wanda Lataczowa]

Józef Mehoffer, 1941

Lithograph of a thatched peasant cottage with a ladder, well, wooden fence and large trees in the background.

[Peasant homestead]

Józef Rapacki, 1921

Black and white caricature of uniformed men in a columned hall with arches and a reflective tiled floor.

[Birthday of Wilhelm II, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Lithograph of a dark tower rising among city buildings, with a rounded arch and lit facades beneath a textured night sky.

[Tower]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1925

Lithographic portrait of a man with moustache in oval frame, topped by a crowned eagle and flag, with laurel wreath below.

Gabryel Narutowicz First President of the Polish Republic from 11/XII to 16/XII 1922

Jan Gumowski, 1922

Caricature of an elderly woman labelled Moeder Europa carrying a steaming pot into a bedroom with a sleeping figure.

European-Moroccan relations, caricature

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Charcoal-style print of a chapel with a steep roof among bare winter trees and wooden crosses on snowy ground.

[Chapel in Bydlin near Krzywopłoty]

Franciszek Jaźwiecki, 1936

Line drawing of a Russian military banner with a double-headed eagle, church skyline, ornamental cartouches and Cyrillic insc

[Russian military banner]

Johann Wilhelm Bachmann, 1906

Caricature of a man clutching a Tripolis sack at night while shadowy figures with lantern and loot sacks look on.

Colonialism, caricature

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark high-collared jacket, titled Mikołaj Kopernik.

Mikołaj Kopernik

Adam Grabowski, 1918

Print of two Russian banners: an 1653 banner with a haloed Christ face and a 17th-century soldiers' banner with a Madonna med

[Russian banners]

Johann Wilhelm Bachmann, 1906

Caricature of a chimpanzee in a star-spotted top hat watching a cat pull chestnuts from a kitchen fireplace.

United States and Holland, caricature

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

Grayscale lithograph portrait of General Edward Rydz-Śmigły in military uniform with braided high collar, signed.

Generał Edward Rydz-Śmigły

Adam Grabowski, 1920

Loose charcoal sketch of a young man with tousled hair and spectacles, seated with hands clasped, on toned paper.

[Portrait of a young man

Adolf Eduard Herstein, 1914

Satirical lithograph of a grieving uniformed man on steps, a veiled woman approaching, and officers watching at right.

Tsar Nicholas II and France, caricature

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Lithograph of a rural Polish farmstead with thatched cottages, a large tree, a wayside shrine and a wooden fence.

[Peasant farmstead]

Józef Rapacki, 1921

Etching of a brick cathedral with a tall spire behind trees, with a sailboat on the river in the foreground.

[Dom zu Kolberg

Otto Ferdinand Probst, 1923

Caricature of a horse-drawn sleigh fleeing wolves through a snowy forest, with a man holding up a figure in a sash.

[Western powers, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Etching of warriors and a woman with a child amid burning ruins, with a nude figure fallen in the foreground.

[Scene from the Trojan War]

Henri Toussaint, 1911

Etching of a narrow cobbled street with tall townhouses and a church tower rising in the distance, dated 1929.

[Piwna Street]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Caricature of Death, a skeleton in a robe, speaking to a seated woman with an oversized head in a parlour, 1913.

[Balkan War 1912-1913, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1913

Etching of a highland woman with a sack on her back walking past a cottage toward mountains.

[Highlander woman against the background of Giewont

Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski, 1903

Etching of a narrow street between dark angular buildings, with a lit facade and shop signs at the far end.

[Wąski Dunaj]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Caricature of a bull charging a horseman in an arena, with banners reading Barcelona, Rif and Kloosterbrand, by Johan Braaken

[Spain and Catalonia, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Flat colour print of a seated horned-headdress goddess figure on a stone throne, in olive and ochre on blue-grey.

[Protective mark for the second edition of "Sułkowski" by Stefan Żeromski]

Kazimierz Młodzianowski, 1910

Etching of an old whitewashed townhouse with a decorative gable, a shop front and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

[Houses on Kanonia] : [Inc.:] News about old Warsaw

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Ink cartoon of a dove flying past a ship's prow toward sailors peering from a deck hatch under a dark sky.

[Dove of peace]

Johan Braakensiek, 1912

Lithograph portrait of a stern man in a tall fur hat and long coat with a heavy mustache, by Leon Wyczółkowski.

[Ukrainian peasant]

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1912

Lithograph portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark cravat and cross medal, captioned Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Adam Grabowski, 1925

Caricature of a Chinese imperial funeral procession with Western men in top hats and a mandarin in robes, 1908 print.

[Western powers, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

Lithograph of a thatched rural cottage with a ladder, picket fence and large tree, signed and dated 1921.

[Rural cottage

Józef Rapacki, 1921

Print of a cloaked man beside birch trees on a plank path, with a village and water in the background.

[Allegorical composition with a poet]

Wanda Korzeniowska, 1915

Caricature of a classical messenger holding a balloon labeled BOYCOTT as a stout John Bull in a top hat looks on.

[Caricature of England]

Johan Braakensiek, 1901

Line drawing of a medieval Russian army with banners before a walled city, with mounted warriors and drummers in smaller scen

[Russian army]

Johann Wilhelm Bachmann, 1906

Pencil caricature of a man in Hamlet costume holding a skull, with a skeleton and sword below, signed Sobiesław.

Stępowski in the role of Hamlet

Włodzimierz Sobiesław, 1904

Caricature of sailors boarding a steamship as men on the quay wave and cheer, with rough sea behind.

[Recruitment for the Dutch navy, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1917

Stippled bookplate of a wounded lion with three arrows on a pedestal inscribed Ex Libris X.F. Tyczkowski.

Ex libris XF. Tyczkowski

Gracjan Achrem-Achremowicz, 1936

Lithograph of Wawel Cathedral presbytery with a sarcophagus flanked by lion sculptures and flower garlands.

[View of the presbytery of Wawel Cathedral with the sarcophagus commemorating Queen Jadwiga]

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1912

Caricature of a uniformed ruler stranded in a marsh as a club labeled Constitutie rises above a crowd, 1905 lithograph.

[Caricature of Tsar Nicholas II]

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

[Head of a man]

Feliks Walkiewicz, 1926

Blue-toned print of tall sunflowers silhouetted in a field under a starry night sky.

[Sunflowers]

Jan Wojnarski, 1909

Caricature of two men in wicker beach chairs by a seaside building, labelled Bülow and Clemenceau, by Johan Braakensiek, 1909

[Georges Clemenceau and Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat, flat cap and patterned neckerchief, with a walking stick, against a sketched

[Illustration for the album of Józef Rapacki "Z dawnej i niedawnej Warszawy"]. [15]

Józef Rapacki, 1926

Color print of an old man with a cane and seated women in shawls on steps, with a standing woman in a red-trimmed hat at righ

[In front of the Holy Cross church]

Franciszek Siedlecki, 1906

Cartoon print of a sad winged figure seated by a hearth while a woman reads a Nobel Prize newspaper in a room.

[Nobel Prize, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1912

Black-and-white print of a weeping man at a piano keyboard beside a candle, with a musical staff and handwritten Polish verse

[Invitation to Zielony Balonik. Inc.:] The bouncy music of your sounds [...] : "Zielony Balonik" in the den of Michal…

Kazimierz Sichulski, 1905

[Portrait of an unidentified man]

Władysław Skoczylas, 1913

Caricature of a distressed man in bed surrounded by pale ghostly figures, with a sword and hourglass beside him.

[Balkan War 1812-1813, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1912

Opieński

Konstanty Rayski-Kietlicz, 1913

Night print of a snow-dusted church with a domed roof, bare trees in front, and tall spires silhouetted against the dark sky.

[Kościół św. Wojciecha w nocy]

Jan Wojnarski, 1909

Satirical 1908 Braakensiek print of a crowded Sinterklaas evening interior with caricatured figures, puppets, and a toy lion.

[Leaders of the Western powers, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

Sketch of an equestrian statue on a stone pedestal, rider with raised arm, framed by dark trees.

[Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego na Agrykoli w Warszawie]

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1920

Brown lithograph of a man singing while a woman plays piano beside sheet music, with a handwritten dedication below.

[Stanisław Szwarc śpiewający z akompaniamentem córki Wandy]

Józef Mehoffer, 1941

Caricature of two eagles labeled Triple Alliance and Triple Entente guarding a militarism nest on a cliff above doves.

[Countries of the Entente and the Triple Alliance, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1914

[Karykatura Szymona Marcelego Klarnera]

Konstanty Rayski-Kietlicz, 1913

Colour woodcut of a mounted officer raising a sabre on a white horse above a fallen soldier, a red flag, and a woman with a c

Józef Piłsudski

Władysław Skoczylas, 1920

Caricature of a vaulted Balkan bazaar with merchants and a bowler-hatted visitor, with Dutch caption text below.

[Balkan War 1912-1913, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1912

Colour print of a crowned queen kneeling in prayer before a crucifix in a Gothic cathedral with stained glass.

[Królowa Jadwiga klęcząca przed krucyfiksem w katedrze na Wawelu]

Władysław Roguski, 1940

Stylized color print of a man in a green military coat with gold braid, blue bicorne hat, holding a sword, on cream paper.

[Marka ochronna do "Sułkowskiego" Stefana Żeromskiego]

Kazimierz Młodzianowski, 1910

Lithograph by Johan Braakensiek showing a skeleton with lantern and scythe pointing at a crescent moon beside a winged angel.

[Allegorical composition with a crescent]

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

[Portret Feliksa Jasieńskiego]

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1903

Chromolithograph of a triangular Russian military banner with religious figures, mounted riders in medallions, and Cyrillic i

[Rosyjska chorągiew wojskowa]

Johann Wilhelm Bachmann, 1906

Caricature of a uniformed soldier smoking beside a fallen body, with protest banners on a wall above, 1909 print.

[King Alfonso XIII, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Black and white print of grazing cows in a field with thatched-roof buildings and a village in the distance.

[Wiejski pejzaż]

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1907

Etched landscape of a flat plain with tall poplars, a large tree on the right, and a small thatched hut at left.

[Pejzaż równinny

Heinrich Reifferscheid, 1905

Political cartoon: Britannia with trident beside a standing man with folded arms, a ghostly top-hatted figure at right.

[British politics, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1906

Etched portrait of an older bald man with white mustache and stern expression, wearing a dark jacket and tie, on dark backgro

[Portret Ignacego Daszyńskiego]

Franciszek Siedlecki, 1929

Etching of a haloed woman holding an infant while children offer toys including a clown and a trumpet.

[Dzieci ofiarowują zabawki Dzieciątku Jezus]

Ludwik Misky, 1936

Caricature of European nations as dominoes in a row on a wooden floor, with the Austrian tile leading the line, 1914.

[European countries as domino tiles, caricature]

Johan Braakensiek, 1914

Etching of an open studded wooden gate and arched passage looking out to a multi-storey building with a tower.

[Brama staromiejska]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

[Maria Lutele]

Louis Marcoussis, 1901

Caricature of a speaker at a podium before a cheering crowd, with a ghostly naval officer looming behind him.

[Arthur James Balfour, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Etching of an old town view framed by curtains and shutters, with rooftops and a tower, and handwritten notes below.

[Kompozycja staromiejska]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ, pierced by swords, framed by grapevines and leaves.

[Pieta (w winogradzie)]

Władysław Skoczylas, 1928

Caricature print of a sailor and a woman in a bonnet dining at a table, with framed portraits and a uniformed man seen throug

[Anglia i Holandia, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1907

Etching of three hikers on a rocky path above a lake, with pine trees and jagged mountain peaks in clouds behind.

[Wycieczka do Morskiego Oka

Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski, 1903

Etching of a figure with an umbrella walking down a rainy cobbled street through a dark arched passage.

[Stare Miasto w deszczu]

Władysław Zakrzewski, 1934

Satirical cartoon of a seated man with concession bag, a preacher with a Bible, rum barrel and Congo map on wall.

[Polityka kolonialna Anglii i Belgii, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1906

Sepia etching of a tall column topped by a statue holding a cross, with rays of light, clouds and birds in the sky.

[Kolumna Zygmunta III Wazy w Warszawie]

Bolesław Barcz, 1938

Etched portrait of a bearded man with long dark hair turning toward the viewer, with a small sketch at lower left.

[Portret Cypriana Norwida]

Franciszek Siedlecki, 1904

Satirical drawing of a sphinx on a stone marked Groot Grondbezit, facing a cloaked man with a staff, with a skeleton in the f

[Bernhard von Bülow, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Etching of a woman in a headscarf standing among a herd of goats in an open field with a farmhouse on the horizon.

[Kobieta ze stadem kóz na polu

Adolf Eduard Herstein, 1914

Etching of a narrow street in Kraków leading to a Gothic church tower with spires, with pedestrians on the cobblestones.

[Ulica Floriańska w Krakowie]

Jan Wojnarski, 1937

Caricature of a bearded prisoner seated in a stone cell beside a guard, while top-hatted men look on from the left.

[Sułtan Abdülhamid II w celi, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1909

Etching of sailing boats and a large ship on calm water under a hazy sky, titled L'Escaut a Anvers.

L'Escaut a Anvers

Henri Toussaint, 1911

Etched portrait of a man with bristling hair and a thick mustache, gazing sternly, centered on a cream sheet.

[Portret Józefa Piłsudskiego]

Ignacy Łopieński, 1937

Caricature of a top-hatted man on a canal stoop facing a bearded man in a doorway pointing at a sign reading Rechten der Neut

[Niemcy, Stany Zjednoczone i Anglia, karykatura]

Johan Braakensiek, 1916

Etching of a harbor with moored sailing boats, tall masts, a rowboat, and old waterfront buildings under a cloudy sky.

[Widok przystani w Gdańsku]

Jan Mycielski, 1913

Etching of a dim historic city street with ornate gabled buildings, a large stone wall on the left, and small figures walking

[Kanonia]

Zofia Stankiewicz, 1943

Lithograph of a long-haired robed figure resting on a sword before a bright forest clearing with radiating light.

[Kompozycja alegoryczna z postacią wspartą o miecz]

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

Reddish etching of a haloed woman with children offering toys to an infant, with lilies and a pinwheel nearby.

[Dzieci ofiarujące zabawki małemu Jezusowi]

Ludwik Misky, 1902