Author: Adam, Victor (1801-1866)
Title: Prince Poniatowsky (Poniatowski ) Galloping åšMierä‡ Ksiä™Cia Józefa Poniatowskiego
Description: Paris: Tessari, circa 1840s. Lithograph. 375 x 525 mm. cm. sheet size on rag papper. Few repaired mariginaltears. Beraldi, no. 10. Plate 32. Printed by Lemercier, Benard. Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzÉ›f anˈtɔɲi pɔɲaˈtÉ”fskʲi]; 7 May 1763 - 19 October 1813) was a Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire. A nephew of King StanisÅ‚aw II Augustus, his military career began in 1780 in the Austrian army, where he attained the rank of a colonel. In 1789, after leaving the Austrian service, he joined the Polish army. Poniatowski, now in the rank of major general and commander of the Royal Guards, took part in the Polish-Russian War of 1792, leading the crown forces in Ukraine, where he fought a victorious battle of ZieleÅ„ce. .

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