Tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2024
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Photo showing Tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński

Relief on the tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2024
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Tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions

Relief on the tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions

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ID: NGR-018992-P/189414

Tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński

Paris | France

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

ID: NGR-018992-P/189414

Tombstone of Adam Prażmowski and Wacław Garczyński

Paris | France

On a two-sided pedestal, a high tumulus with a flat lid, on the lid at the head, a low stele with the cross-section of a sarcophagus with a base, on it a tondo, on the front one and on the sides of the tumulus three wreath hangers.

Inscription:

ADAM PRAŻMOWSKI / 15 MARS 1821 – 5 FÉVRIER 1885 / ---- / WACLAW GARCZYNSKI / 1870 – 1955 //.

Time of construction:

1885

Tombstone location:

Sector number 41 Tomb number 95

Dimensions:

207 x 96 x 196 cm

Additional dimensions:

board: 196 x 96 cm; frame: 99 x 84 cm; tondo diameter: 40 cm; height: front: 92 cm, rear: 207 cm

Materials:

marble, limestone, copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy)

Additional Information about materials:

white marble (covers tumuli and stele), bronze (tondo)

Ceator's signature:

1. Garreau Ent //. 2. [W?] [M]arcinkowsky / Paryż / 1885 //.

Creator:

Władysław Marcinkowski (rzeźbiarz; Polska, Francja, Niemcy)(preview), Garreau Ente (zakład kamieniarski; Paryż)

Additional information:

Conc. no.: 114 P-1885.

Concession, under the care of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Paris and TOZ (2007).

Location: div. 41, row 14 av. Transversale N° 2, gr. 29 from av. Greffülhe (div. 42).

The tombstone was founded by Pulcheria née Moraczewska Prażmowska, wife of Adam Prażmowski.

Conc. no. established from B.C. Burial Books; According to Burial List: conc. no. 1172 1872; AMP MD div. 41, no. 304 d. 5 Feb. 1885 Prazmowski (no name), bust, tumba, 2x1, conc. no. 114 of 19 Feb. 1885 Vve Prażmowska née Marczewska Pulcherie (zam. rue des Beux Arts 11), perpetual.

"Kraj: politico-social weekly", "Petersburg", R. 4, no. 21 (7 June 1885) p. 20: "Unveiling of the Monument. On the grave of Adam Prażmowski , astronomer and optician, former senior adjunct at the Astronomical Observatory and professor at the Central School in Warsaw, who died in Paris on 5 February this year, the unveiling of a monument in the Père-Lachaise cemetery took place on 16 February this year. Professor St. Artwiński spoke at the ceremony . Among the many wreaths placed on the tomb, the most prominent was a wreath sent from Warsaw from "former pupils and colleagues of the late Mr Prażmowski". The white marble monument, decorated with a very similar medallion of the deceased, was made by the young sculptor Mr W. Marcinkowski" .

H. Jouin (1897), "La sculpture dans les cimetières de Paris", Nouvelles archives de l'art français, 13, p. 162: "Médaillon en bronze (Diam. Om35). Signé illisiblement, Renseignements fournis par M. le docteur Lewenhard (17 octobre 1897)".

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

survey drawings made in 2009, three shots scale 1:20 in ATOZ.

Bibliography:

Henry Jouin, „La sculpture dans les cimetières de Paris”, „Revue de l’art français ancien et moderne” 13, 1897
„Nouvelles archives de l’art français” 13: 192, s. 162