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Fig. 52. Antoni Brodowski, Portrait of Julian
Ursyn Niemcewicz, oils on canvas, 1820;
Wilanow Palace Museum
Skarbek, who happened to be the godfather of Fryderyk Chopin, observed the phe-
nomenon and noted in his memoirs that theyoungpeople, who had been in their child-
hood at the time ofPoland’s final dismemberment and therefore had not been cognizant
ofthe magnitude ofthe tragedy, were now entering into the world ofpublicpleasure and
wanted theirparents to arrange entertainments and the delights ofsocial lifefor them. The
long repressed desire ofgood cheer revived, and the houses of Warsaw started to hold at-
homes for educated company. Some of the young girls and married ladies who appeared
at these social gatherings were acknowledged fior their beauty, and courted and paid
tribute to by handsomeyoungmen (Skarbek 1959, p. 129).
But let us move on to yet another inventory, this time drawn up for the Palace under
the supervision of Dominik Cellary, administrator of the estates of Stanislaw Potocki
and his wife.
“The inventory compiled in January 1800 for the Palace in Warsaw and given to
Mr. Inklewicz the steward of the said Palace for safe-keeping” was written in simple,
“technical” language, and contained information of the following kind: Brickwork
Palace comprising a ground floor and an upper storey, with mezzanines; under a tiled
roof / Brickwork pavilion connected with the Palace. / Brickwork corps de garde with
mezzanines and a tiled roof, flanked by a pair ofgates. / Second pavilion, not connected
with the Palace, with an upper storey, a tiled roof, and a subsidiary wing on the Kra-
kowskie Przedmiescie street-side; leading to an adjoining food storage building. / Brick-
work wing with two upper floors and mezzanines, under a tiled roof, on the Krakowskie
Przedmiescie street- side, andjoined on to a long wing on the Trfbacka street-side. / Long
brickwork wing with an upperfloor and a tiled roofon the Tr^backa side, joined on to the
Ursyn Niemcewicz, oils on canvas, 1820;
Wilanow Palace Museum
Skarbek, who happened to be the godfather of Fryderyk Chopin, observed the phe-
nomenon and noted in his memoirs that theyoungpeople, who had been in their child-
hood at the time ofPoland’s final dismemberment and therefore had not been cognizant
ofthe magnitude ofthe tragedy, were now entering into the world ofpublicpleasure and
wanted theirparents to arrange entertainments and the delights ofsocial lifefor them. The
long repressed desire ofgood cheer revived, and the houses of Warsaw started to hold at-
homes for educated company. Some of the young girls and married ladies who appeared
at these social gatherings were acknowledged fior their beauty, and courted and paid
tribute to by handsomeyoungmen (Skarbek 1959, p. 129).
But let us move on to yet another inventory, this time drawn up for the Palace under
the supervision of Dominik Cellary, administrator of the estates of Stanislaw Potocki
and his wife.
“The inventory compiled in January 1800 for the Palace in Warsaw and given to
Mr. Inklewicz the steward of the said Palace for safe-keeping” was written in simple,
“technical” language, and contained information of the following kind: Brickwork
Palace comprising a ground floor and an upper storey, with mezzanines; under a tiled
roof / Brickwork pavilion connected with the Palace. / Brickwork corps de garde with
mezzanines and a tiled roof, flanked by a pair ofgates. / Second pavilion, not connected
with the Palace, with an upper storey, a tiled roof, and a subsidiary wing on the Kra-
kowskie Przedmiescie street-side; leading to an adjoining food storage building. / Brick-
work wing with two upper floors and mezzanines, under a tiled roof, on the Krakowskie
Przedmiescie street- side, andjoined on to a long wing on the Trfbacka street-side. / Long
brickwork wing with an upperfloor and a tiled roofon the Tr^backa side, joined on to the