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A North Bohemian engraved goblet by August Böhm Senior, circa 1850
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A North Bohemian engraved goblet by August Böhm Senior, circa 1850
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Galerie von Spaeth, Munich
Literature:
Paul von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier (2004), pp. 200-202
Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and the United States. He fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army, and led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces. The Battle of Maciejowice was fought on 10 October 1794 between Poland (led by Kościuszko) and the Russian Empire. Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813) joined the anti-Russian rebellion, but the Poles were overwhelmed and suffered heavy casualties, including Kościuszko, which led to the Third Partition of Poland. The scene on the present lot is taken from an early 19th century lithograph. A goblet and a beaker engraved by August Böhm Senior depicting scenes after the same print are illustrated by von Lichtenberg (2004), pp. 200-202, figs. 189-193.
















