S. Apolonia (Saint Apolonia). Czerski, Stanislaw (1777–1833), draughtsman. Apolonia (Saint; ?–249), devotional depiction, saints. Engraving, 1822–1832. Graphic plate (graphic matrix). Height 7.5 cm; width 5.1 cm. WQXBCFS I:\nmw crop ready cleaned\ WQXBCFS I:\nmw crop ready cleaned\The image depicts Saint Apolonia in bust, holding tongs with an extracted tooth; flames appear to her right. Composition within an oval inside a double linear frame, the whole set inside a rectangular linear border along the plate edge. The engraving was made by Father Stanislaw Czerski in Salanty in Samogitia. As a parish priest, with the help of a young assistant he adopted, he engraved images of saints with Samogitian inscriptions for his parishioners who did not know other languages.
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S. Apolonia (Saint Apolonia). Czerski, Stanislaw (1777–1833), draughtsman. Apolonia (Saint; ?–249), devotional depiction, saints. Engraving, 1822–1832. Graphic plate (graphic matrix). Height 7.5 cm; width 5.1 cm. WQXBCFS
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I:\nmw crop ready cleaned\The image depicts Saint Apolonia in bust, holding tongs with an extracted tooth; flames appear to her right. Composition within an oval inside a double linear frame, the whole set inside a rectangular linear border along the plate edge. The engraving was made by Father Stanislaw Czerski in Salanty in Samogitia. As a parish priest, with the help of a young assistant he adopted, he engraved images of saints with Samogitian inscriptions for his parishioners who did not know other languages.

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S Apolonia Saint Apolonia Czerski Stanislaw 1777–1833 draughtsman Saint –249 devotional depiction saints Engraving 1822–1832 Graphic plate graphic matrix Height 7.5 cm width 5.1 cm rectangular metal plate worn mottled surfaces showing patches dark black corrosion interspersed exposed coppery brown areas rounded darker spots lighter scratched streaks small blue light gray decorative label attached near top edge plate set neutral gray background thin raised border slightly rounded corners.

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